Risk factors for coronary heart disease in patients below 45 years of age

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-96

  Nadeem, Mansoor ^a   Ahmed, Syed Shahzad ^a   Mansoor, Sarah ^a   Farooq, Sidra ^a  

^a National Institute of Heart Diseases National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMINAL GIRTH; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING; TREND STUDY;

EID: 84930477052     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12669/pjms.291.2828     Document Type: Article

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