Diameter of the Infrarenal Aorta as a Risk Factor for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: The Tromsø Study, 1994-2001

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 280-284

  Solberg, S ^a   Forsdahl, S H ^b   Singh, K ^c   Jacobsen, B K ^b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Epidemiology; Risk factors; Sex

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INFRARENAL AORTA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77949262324     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.10.017     Document Type: Article

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