RISK-FACTORS FOR NEW ATHEROTHROMBOTIC BRAIN INFARCTION IN 664 OLDER MEN AND 1,488 OLDER WOMEN

Authors
ARONOW WS AHN C GUTSTEIN H
Citation
Ws. Aronow et al., RISK-FACTORS FOR NEW ATHEROTHROMBOTIC BRAIN INFARCTION IN 664 OLDER MEN AND 1,488 OLDER WOMEN, The American journal of cardiology, 77(15), 1996, pp. 1381
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
77
Issue
15
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1996)77:15<1381:RFNABI>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Older men had a significantly higher incidence of new atherothrombotic brain infarction than did older women, Risk factors for new atherothr ombotic brain infarction were prior atherothrombotic brain infarction, systemic hypertension, and diabetes mellitus in older men and women, and cigarette smoking, serum total cholesterol, and serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (inverse association) in older women.