Adult height and risk of ischemic heart disease, atrial fibrillation, stroke, venous thromboembolism, and premature death: A population based 36-year follow-up study

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 111-118

  Schmidt, Morten ^a   Bøtker, Hans Erik ^a   Pedersen, Lars ^a   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Heart failure; Height; Myocardial infarction; Stroke; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT HEIGHT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ICD-8; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SHORT STATURE; TALL STATURE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; DENMARK; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84897104634     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-013-9867-y     Document Type: Article

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