Coronary Death and Myocardial Infarction among Hispanics in the Northern Manhattan Study: Exploring the Hispanic Paradox

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 303-309

  Willey, Joshua Z ^a   Rodriguez, Carlos J ^c,d   Moon, Yeseon Park ^a   Paik, Myunghee C ^b   Di Tullio, Marco R ^a   Homma, Shunichi ^a   Sacco, Ralph L ^d   Elkind, Mitchell S V ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Wake Forest University ^*  (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular Disease; Hispanic; Mortality; Paradox

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEW YORK CITY; RISK; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84860248895     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.02.014     Document Type: Article

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