Italian cardiovascular mortality charts of the CUORE project: Are they comparable with the SCORE charts?

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 403-409

  Donfrancesco, Chiara ^a   Palmieri, Luigi ^a   Cooney, Marie Therese ^f   Vanuzzo, Diego ^b   Panico, Salvatore ^c   Cesana, Giancarlo ^d   Ferrario, Marco ^e   Pilotto, Lorenza ^b   Graham, Ian M ^f   Giampaoli, Simona ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b ASS 4 Medio Friuli   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^f ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

cardiovascular mortality; longitudinal studies; primary prevention; risk prediction

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SMOKING HABIT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LIPIDS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955470853     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e328334ea70     Document Type: Article

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