Albumin: Creatinine ratio predicts mortality after stroke: Analysis of the third national health and nutrition examination survey

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2434-2435

  Strain, W David ^a   Shore, Angela C ^a   Melzer, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COLORIMETRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LETTER; LIPID ANALYSIS; MICROALBUMINURIA; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROVASCULAR ISCHEMIA; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PARALYSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; STROKE; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ALBUMINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CREATININE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650138722     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03158.x     Document Type: Letter

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