PTSD and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Aging Veterans

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 192-200

  Beristianos, Matthew H ^a,c,d   Yaffe, Kristine ^a,c   Cohen, Beth ^b,c   Byers, Amy L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; PTSD; veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ICD-9; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBSTANCE USE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VETERAN; AGED; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FACTUAL DATABASE; GOVERNMENT; INCIDENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84963625871     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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