Red cell distribution width is associated with incident myocardial infarction in a general population: The tromsø study

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Skjelbakken, Tove ^a,b   Lappegård, Jostein ^a   Ellingsen, Trygve S ^a   Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^a,c   Brox, Jan ^a,b   Løchen, Maja Lisa ^a   Njølstad, Inger ^a   Wilsgaard, Tom ^a   Mathiesen, Ellisiv B ^a,b   Brækkan, Sigrid K ^a,b   Hansen, John Bjarne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood cells; Cardiovascular disease; Epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ERYTHROCYTE PARAMETERS; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX; SMOKING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; AGED; BLOOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NORWAY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NORWAY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84939460771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.114.001109     Document Type: Article

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