Underestimation of the importance of blood pressure and cholesterol for coronary heart disease mortality in old age
Author(s) -
Robert Clarke
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1053/euhj.2001.2781
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , framingham heart study , framingham risk score , cardiology , coronary heart disease , confidence interval , disease
To take appropriate account of duration of follow-up in estimating age-specific associations of 'usual' blood pressure and cholesterol with death from coronary heart disease.
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