Racial Differences in the Incidence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Older Black and White Adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 83-90

  Howard, George ^a   Safford, Monika M ^b   Moy, Claudia S ^c   Howard, Virginia J ^a   Kleindorfer, Dawn O ^d   Unverzagt, Fredrick W ^e   Soliman, Elsayed Z ^f   Flaherty, Matthew L ^d   McClure, Leslie A ^g   Lackland, Daniel T ^h   Wadley, Virginia G ⁱ   Pulley, LeaVonne ^j   Cushman, Mary ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; diabetes mellitus; epidemiology; hypertension; lipids and cholesterol; longitudinal cohort study; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLACK PERSON; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RACE DIFFERENCE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84994200815     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14472     Document Type: Article

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