Fewer deaths from cardiovascular disease than expected from the Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation chart in a Swedish population

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-324

  Stenlund, Hans ^a   Lönnberg, Göran ^a   Jenkins, Paul ^e   Norberg, Margareta ^a   Persson, Mats ^b   Messner, Torbjörn ^b   Boman, Kurt ^b   Pearson, Thomas ^d   Wall, Stig ^a,b   Nyström, Lennarth ^a   Weinehall, Lars ^a,b,c  

^a Epidemiology and Public Health Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c National Public Health Institute   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BASSETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; epidemiology; mortality; risk estimation; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; STROKE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349197995     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e328322c760     Document Type: Article

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