Decomposing Gender Differences in Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol among Veterans with or at Risk for Cardiovascular Illness

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Sambamoorthi, Usha ^a,b,c   Mitra, Sophie ^d   Findley, Patricia A ^c,e   Pogach, Leonard M ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANJHCS   (United States)

^d FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; VETERANS HEALTH;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84857690022     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2011.08.012     Document Type: Article

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