Assessment of cardiovascular risk in primary health care

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-106

  Korhonen, Päivi ^a,b   Vesalainen, Risto ^b,c   Aarnio, Pertti ^d   Kautiainen, Hannu ^e,f   Järvenpää, Salme ^g   Kantola, Ilkka ^b  

^a Central Satakunta Health Federation of Municipalities ^*  (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c Pulssi Medical Center   (Finland)

^d Satakunta Hospital District   (Finland)

^e Central Finland Central Hospital   (Finland)

^f KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g Medcare Foundation   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ankle brachial index; cardiovascular risk estimation; gender difference; glucose disorders; renal function

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ANKLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84861735496     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2012.675564     Document Type: Article

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