Prevalence of blood lipid disturbances in Swedish and foreign-born 60-year-old men and women in Stockholm, Sweden

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 173-181

  Wandell P E ^a   Carlsson, A C ^a   de Faire, U ^a,b   Hellenius M L ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SWEDEN;

APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 79951516255     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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