Sex disparities in risk and risk factors for ischemic heart disease in the Asia-Pacific region

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 639-646

  Peters, Sanne Ae ^a,b   Woodward, Mark ^a,c   Lam, Tai H ^d   Fang, Xianghua ^e   Suh, Il ^f   Ueshema, Hirotsugu ^g   Dobson, Annette J ^h   Grobbee, Diederick E ^b   Huxley, Rachel R ^a,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia Pacific region; global health; Ischemic heart disease; risk factors; sex differences

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NEW ZEALAND; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84900423181     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487313484689     Document Type: Article

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