Serum low-density lipoprotein to high-density lipoprotein ratio as a predictor of future acute myocardial infarction among men in a 2.7-year cohort study of a Japanese Northern rural population

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-98

  Yokokawa, Hirohide ^a   Yasumura, Seiji ^a   Tanno, Kozo ^b   Ohsawa, Masaki ^b   Onoda, Toshiyuki ^b   Itai, Kazuyoshi ^b   Sakata, Kiyomi ^b   Kawamura, Kazuko ^c   Tanaka, Fumitaka ^b   Yoshida, Yuki ^b   Nakamura, Motoyuki ^b   Terayama, Yasuo ^b   Ogawa, Akira ^b   Okayama, Akira ^d  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Iwate Health Service Association   (Japan)

^d FUKUJUJI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol; Epidemiology; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 79952415138     PISSN: 13403478     EISSN: 18803873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5551/jat.5215     Document Type: Article

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