The intersection of sex, marital status, and cardiovascular risk factors in shaping stroke incidence: Results from the health and retirement study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2293-2299

  Maselko, Joanna ^a   Bates, Lisa M ^b   Avendaño, Mauricio ^c,d   Glymour, M Maria ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Marital status; Risk factors; Sex; Social class

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FINANCE; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RETIREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; STROKE; UNITED STATES; WIDOW;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALITY; STROKE;

EID: 71549155634     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02555.x     Document Type: Article

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