Collaborative overview ('meta-analysis') of prospective observational studies of the associations of usual blood pressure and usual cholesterol levels with common causes of death: Protocol for the second cycle of the Prospective Studies Collaboration

Journal of Cardiovascular Risk

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 315-320

  Iso, H ^a   Sato, H ^a   Chambless, L ^a   De Backer, G ^a   De Bacquer, D ^a   Kornitzer, M ^a   Ebrahim, S ^a   Whincup, P ^a   Wannamethee, G ^a   Wald, N ^a   Morris, J ^a   Knuimann, M ^a   Sweetnam, P ^a   Elwood, P ^a   Kronmal, R ^a   Kromhout, D ^a   Sutherland, S ^a   Keil, J ^a   Schnohr, P ^a   Jensen, G ^a   Grobbee, D ^a   Witteman, J ^a   Hames, C ^a   Aromaa, A ^a   Knekt, P ^a   Reunanen, A ^a   Tuomilehto, J ^a   Jousilahti, P ^a   Vartiainen, E ^a   Levy, D ^a   D'Agostino, R ^a   Silbershatz, H ^a   Thomsen, T ^a   Bengtsson, C ^a   Sharp, D ^a   Benetos, A ^a   Guize, L ^a   Goldbourt, U ^a   Yaari, S ^a   Murayama, T ^a   Tomita, M ^a   Nishimoto, M ^a   Staessen, J ^a   Criqui, M ^a   Davies, C ^a   Jacobs, D ^a   Blackburn, H ^a   Luepker, R ^a   Neaton, J ^a   Cox, C ^a   Ofstedal, M ^a   Weiss, S ^a   Cassano, P ^a   Sparrow, D ^a   Vokonas, P ^a   Tverdal, A ^a   Selmer, R ^a   Meade, T ^a   Garrow, K ^a   Cooper, J ^a   Menotti, A ^a   Spagnolo, A ^a   Tsuji, I ^a   Imai, Y ^a   Ohkubo, T ^a   Hisamichi, S ^a   Haheim, L ^a   Holme, I ^a   Hjermann, I ^a   Leren, P ^a   Ducimetiere P ^a   Richard, J ^a   Jamrozik, K ^a   Broadhurst, R ^a   Assmann, G ^a   Schulte, H ^a   Clarke, R ^a   Collins, R ^a   Donald, A ^a   Duffy, S ^a   Lewington, S ^a   MacMahon, S ^a   Peto, R ^a   Qizilbash, N ^a   Rodgers, A ^a   Sherliker, P ^a   Zhang, W ^a   Sorlie, P ^a   Garcia Palmeri, M ^a   Barrett Conner, E ^a   Langer, R ^a   Gillis, C ^a   Hole, D ^a   Nakachi, K ^a   Fang, X ^a   Li, S ^a   Buzina, R ^a   Kivinen, P ^a   Nissinen, A ^a   more..

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cholesterol; Mortality; Overview

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASCULAR DISEASE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84910012495     PISSN: 13506277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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