Does IQ predict cardiovascular disease mortality as strongly as established risk factors? Comparison of effect estimates using the West of Scotland Twenty-07 cohort study

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-27

  Batty, G David ^a,b   Deary, Ian J ^b   Benzeval, Michaela ^a   Der, Geoff ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; cohort; intelligence quotient; mortality; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77149158485     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e328321311b     Document Type: Article

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