Familial effects on survival after myocardial infarction: A registry-based sib-pair study

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 911-914

  Ekberg, Sara ^a   Ploner, Alexander ^a   De Faire, Ulf ^a   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a   Bennet, Anna M ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Familiality; Family based study; Mortality; Myocardial Infarction; Registers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIBLING; SURVIVAL TIME; SWEDEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TIME;

AGED; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875768564     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-012-9741-3     Document Type: Article

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