Association of early adult modifiable cardiovascular risk factors with left atrial size over a 20-year follow-up period: The CARDIA study

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Armstrong, Anderson C ^a,b   Gidding, Samuel S ^c   Colangelo, Laura A ^d   Kishi, Satoru ^a   Liu, Kiang ^d   Sidney, Stephen ^e   Konety, Suma ^f   Lewis, Cora E ^g   Correia, Luís C L ^h   Lima, Joao A C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO VALE DO SÃO FRANCISCO   (Brazil)

^c NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^h ESCOLA BAHIANA DE MEDICINA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT ATRIUM SIZE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; AGE; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84892855570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004001     Document Type: Article

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