Abdominal aortic diameter is increased in males with a family history of abdominal aortic aneurysms: Results from the Danish viva-trial

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 669-675

  Joergensen, T M M ^a   Houlind, K ^a   Green, A ^b   Lindholt, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abdominal aneurysm; Family history; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; ULTRASOUND; ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; ECHOGRAPHY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEREDITY; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REGISTER; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEREDITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84919448698     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2014.09.005     Document Type: Article

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