Erectile Dysfunction Severity as a Risk Marker for Cardiovascular Disease Hospitalisation and All-Cause Mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Banks, Emily ^a,b   Joshy, Grace ^a   Abhayaratna, Walter P ^c   Kritharides, Leonard ^d   Macdonald, Peter S ^e   Korda, Rosemary J ^a   Chalmers, John P ^f  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b SAX INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84873809952     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001372     Document Type: Article

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