Low lipoprotein(a) concentration is associated with cancer and all-cause deaths: A population-based cohort study (the jms cohort study)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Sawabe, Motoji ^a   Tanaka, Noriko ^b   Mieno, Makiko Naka ^c   Ishikawa, Shizukiyo ^c   Kayaba, Kazunori ^c,d   Nakahara, Ken ichi ^a,e   Matsushita, Satoru ^a  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SAITAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGASAKI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN A;

ADULT; AGE; ALL CAUSE DEATH; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL HISTORY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; AGED; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; JAPAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LIPOPROTEIN(A); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859256743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031954     Document Type: Article

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