Sex differences in the association between albumin and all-cause and vascular mortality

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 860-865

  Grimm, G ^a   Haslacher, H ^a   Kampitsch, T ^a   Endler, G ^a   Marsik, C ^b   Schickbauer, T ^a   Wagner, O ^a   Jilma, B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Laborgemeinschaft Speiser Mühl   (Austria)

Author keywords

Albumin; Cholinesterase; Mortality; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REFERENCE VALUE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 70349254456     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2009.02189.x     Document Type: Article

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