Smoking, sex, risk factors and abdominal aortic aneurysms: A prospective study of 18 782 persons aged above 65 years in the southern community cohort study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 481-488

  Jahangir, Eiman ^a,b   Lipworth, Loren ^a   Edwards, Todd L ^a   Kabagambe, Edmond K ^a   Mumma, Michael T ^c   Mensah, George A ^d   Fazio, Sergio ^e   Blot, William J ^a,c   Sampson, Uchechukwu K A ^a,f  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEX DETERMINATION; SMOKING;

UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930656777     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-204920     Document Type: Article

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