Constipation and risk of cardiovascular disease among postmenopausal women

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 714-723

  Salmoirago Blotcher, Elena ^a   Crawford, Sybil ^a   Jackson, Elizabeth ^b   Ockene, Judith ^a   Ockene, Ira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Prevention; Risk factors; Women's health

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SMOKING; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONSTIPATION; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; ODDS RATIO; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79960842622     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.03.026     Document Type: Article

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