Influence of education and income on atherogenic risk factor profiles among patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1219-1228

  Alter, David A ^a   Iron, Karen ^a   Austin, Peter ^a   Naylor, C David ^a   Williams, Jack I ⁱ   Tu, Jack V ⁱ   Irvine, Jane ⁱ   Morgan, Christopher ⁱ   Wheaton, Blair ⁱ   Mustard, Cameron ⁱ   Hanoman, Marguerite ^b   Kafka, Henry ^c   Pandey, A Shekhar ^d   Sinnaeve, Linda ^e   Druck, Maurice ^f   Rinne, Claus H ^g,ah   Chan, Yun Kai ^h   Kuruvilla, George ⁱ   Schwarz, Dan ^j   Peat, Donald ^k   Veliano, James ^l   Panju, Akbar ^m   Teo, Koon ⁿ   Raco, Dominic ^o   Chetty, Raj ^p   Bauer, Robert ⁱ   Bhesania, Teosar ^q   Darcel, Ian ^r   Cameron, William ⁱ   Bhargava, Rakesh ^s   Wisenberg, Gerald ^t   Sridhar, Kumar ^u   Newton, Gary ^v   Bowker, Blair ^w   Burke, Emory ^x   MacFayden, John ^y   Davies, Rick ^z   Del Grande, Robert ⁱ   Hughes, William ^aa   Leader, Rolland ^ab   Singh, Narenda ^ac   Burke, Bruce R ^ad   Pallie, Sven ^ae   Fernandez, Peter ^af   Boli, Peter ^af   DeVilla, Maria ^ag   Fitchett, David ^ai   Ali, S Nasir ^aj   Lee, Hui ⁱ   Davies, Ted ^ak   Nitkin, Roberet ^ak   Fell, David ^al   Nawaz, Shah ^am   Ravi, Grama ^am   Lai, Chris ⁱ   Parmar, Malvinder ^an   Lefkowitz, Chuck ^ao   Iwanochko, Robert Mark ^ap,aq   Rebane, Thomas ^ar   Gupta, Milan ⁱ   Kwok, Keith ^as   Gangbar, Eric ^at   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Alexandria Hospital   (United States)

^c Belleville General Hospital   (Canada)

^d Cambridge General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^e Department of Laboratory Medicine Chatham Kent Health Alliance   (United Kingdom)

^f CREDIT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g GRAND RIVER HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h Greater Niagara General   (Canada)

ⁱ Grey Bruce Owen Sound Site ^*

^j Guelph General Hospital   (Canada)

^k Halton Healthcare Services   (Canada)

^l HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^m Hamilton Health Science Corporation Henderson Site   (Canada)

ⁿ MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^o Hamilton St Joseph's   (Canada)

^p Hotel Dieu Grace Hospital Windsor   (Canada)

^q Humber River Regional Finch   (Canada)

^r Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital Burlington   (Canada)

^s LAKERIDGE HEALTH CORPORATION   (Canada)

^t London Health Science Center   (Canada)

^u LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^v MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^w North Bay General Hospital   (Canada)

^x NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^y Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital   (Canada)

^z UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^aa Peterborough Regional Health Care   (Canada)

^ab Rouge Valley Health System   (Canada)

^ac Valley Health   (United States)

^ad Royal Victoria Hospital Barrie   (Canada)

^ae St Catharines General Site   (Canada)

^af University of Toronto and Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre

^ag ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^ah St Mary's General Hospital   (Canada)

^ai ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^aj Sarnia General Hospital   (Canada)

^ak SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^al SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^am SUDBURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^an Timmins and District Hospital   (Canada)

^ao TORONTO EAST GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^ap TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^aq TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^ar Trillium Health Centre Missassauga   (Canada)

^as York Central Hospital   (Canada)

^at York Central Hospital Richmond Hill   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Cohort study; Myocardial infarction; Socioeconomics status

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 9144263026     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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