Burden of cardiovascular risk factors, subclinical atherosclerosis, and incident cardiovascular events across dimensions of religiosity: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

Circulation

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 659-666

  Feinstein, Matthew ^b   Liu, Kiang ^a   Ning, Hongyan ^a   Fitchett, George ^c   Lloyd Jones, Donald M ^a  

^a Department of Preventive Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Obesity; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 76649106772     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.879973     Document Type: Article

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