Cardiovascular risk factors in the Japanese northeastern rural population

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 226-235

  Ohsawa, Masaki ^a   Itai, Kazuyoshi ^a   Tanno, Kozo ^a   Onoda, Toshiyuki ^a   Ogawa, Akira ^a   Nakamura, Motoyuki ^a   Kuribayashi, Toru ^b   Yoshida, Yuki ^a   Kawamura, Kazuko ^c   Sasaki, Satoshi ^d   Sakata, Kiyomi ^a   Okayama, Akira ^e  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Iwate Health Service Association   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e FUKUJUJI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Brain natriuretic peptide; C reactive protein; Cardiovascular risk factors; Microalbuminuria; The Iwate KENCO study

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 70749128827     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.06.052     Document Type: Article

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