Coronary heart disease incidence among non-Western immigrants compared to Danish-born people: Effect of country of birth, migrant status, and income

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1281-1289

  Bo, Anne ^a   Zinckernagel, Line ^b   Krasnik, Allan ^c   Petersen, Jorgen H ^c   Norredam, Marie ^c,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Denmark; Emigration and immigration; Ethnicity; Immigrants; Incidence; Ischemic heart disease; Migrants; Minorities; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIRTHPLACE; CENTRAL ASIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH CITIZEN; DENMARK; EAST ASIA; EASTERN EUROPE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; INCOME; IRAQ; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AMERICA; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRANT; NORTH AFRICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFUGEE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMALIA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WESTERN HEMISPHERE; YUGOSLAVIA; AFRICA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CORONARY DISEASE; DENMARK; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84944900131     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487314551538     Document Type: Article

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