Relation between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and survival to age 85 years in men (from the VA normative aging study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1173-1177

  Rahilly Tierney, Catherine R ^a,b,c   Spiro III, Avron ^a,d,e   Vokonas, Pantel ^a,d,e,f   Gaziano, J Michael ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Normative Aging Study   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 79953244001     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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