Trends in the coronary heart disease risk profile of middle-aged adults

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-34

  Kramarow, Ellen ^a   Lubitz, James ^a,b   Francis, Robert ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b Independent Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Coronary heart disease; Mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870793971     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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