Chocolate intake and incidence of heart failure a population-based prospective study of middle-aged and elderly women

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 612-616

  Mostofsky, Elizabeth ^a,b   Levitan, Emily B ^a   Wolk, Alicja ^c   Mittleman, Murray A ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diet; Epidemiology; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CACAO; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CACAO; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 77957902055     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.110.944025     Document Type: Article

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