Association of risk factors with acute myocardial infarction in Middle Eastern countries: The INTERHEART Middle East study

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 400-410

  Gehani, Abdurrazzak A ^a   Al Hinai, Ali T ^b   Zubaid, Mohammad ^c   Almahmeed, Wael ^d   Hasani, M R Mohammad ^e   Yusufali, Afzal Hussein ^f   Hassan, Mohammed Osman ^a   Lewis, Basil S ^g   Islam, Shofiqul ^h   Rangarajan, Sumathy ^h   Yusuf, Salim ^h  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^d SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^e Dept of Water Engineering   (Iran)

^f DUBAI HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^g CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^h HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; epidemiology; lipoproteins; Middle East; myocardial infarction; obesity; risk factors

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; Q WAVE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896450804     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487312465525     Document Type: Article

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