Serum total cholesterol levels and all-cause mortality in a home-dwelling elderly population: A six-year follow-up

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-127

  Tuikkala, Päivi ^a   Hartikainen, Sirpa ^a   Korhonen, Maarit J ^a   Lavikainen, Piia ^a   Kettunen, Raimo ^b   Sulkava, Raimo ^a   Enlund, Hannes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Aged; All cause mortality; Cholesterol; Cohort; Elderly

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77952502991     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2010.487371     Document Type: Article

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