Birthplace differences in stroke rates among coronary heart disease patients: Is variation explained by recognized risk factors?

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 586-591

  Koren Morag, Nira ^a   Tanne, David ^a,b   Goldbourt, Uri ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Epidemiology; Ethnic variation; Multifactorial disease; Stroke incidence

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EASTERN EUROPE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ISRAEL; JEW; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; LIPIDS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA; STROKE;

EID: 70350656097     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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