Body mass index vs cholesterol in cardiovascular disease risk prediction models

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 1766-1768

  Faeh, David ^a   Braun, Julia ^a   Bopp, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC CORONARY RISK EVALUATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871394883     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.327     Document Type: Article

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