INTERPLAY OF DIABETES MELLITUS, SMOKING AND CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION FOR THE PREDICTION OF ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY IN ASYMPTOMATIC INDIVIDUALS

Methods The study cohort consisted of 44,052 (54±10 years, 54% men) consecutive asymptomatic individuals free of known coronary heart disease referred for CAC testing to improve risk assessment.

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Published inJournal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 61; no. 10; p. E997
Main Author Pandey, Shivda
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Elsevier Inc 12.03.2013
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Cardiovascular disease
Diabetes
Health risk assessment
Heart attacks
Internal Medicine
Mortality
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Summary:Methods The study cohort consisted of 44,052 (54±10 years, 54% men) consecutive asymptomatic individuals free of known coronary heart disease referred for CAC testing to improve risk assessment.
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/S0735-1097(13)60997-3