Association between serum cholesterol and noncardiovascular mortality in older age

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1779-1785

  Newson, Rachel S ^a   Felix, Janine F ^a   Heeringa, Jan ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^a   Tiemeier, Henning ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80054821478     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03593.x     Document Type: Article

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