Risk factors for new coronary events in a large cohort of very elderly patients with and without coronary artery disease.
Independent risk factors for new coronary events in older men include age, prior coronary artery disease, cigarette smoking, systemic hypertension, diabetes mellitus, serum total cholesterol, and serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (inverse association). Independent risk factors for new coronary events in older women include age, prior coronary artery disease, cigarette smoking, systemic hypertension, diabetes mellitus, serum total cholesterol, serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (inverse association), and serum triglycerides (weak association).
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors