Coronary artery calcium distributions in older persons in the AGES-reykjavik study

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 673-687

  Gudmundsson, Elias Freyr ^a   Gudnason, Vilmundur ^a,b   Sigurdsson, Sigurdur ^a   Launer, Lenore J ^c   Harris, Tamara B ^c   Aspelund, Thor ^a,b  

^a ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c Intramural Research Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcium; Epidemiology; Older persons; Skewed distribution; Statistical modelling; ZINB

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BIFURCATION LESION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84871307570     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-012-9730-6     Document Type: Article

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