Statistical modeling of Agatston score in multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Ma, Shuangge ^a   Liu, Anna ^b   Carr, Jeffrey ^c   Post, Wendy ^d   Kronmal, Richard ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGATSTON SCORE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ETHNIC GROUP; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCIUM; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY VESSELS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77957795750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012036     Document Type: Article

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