Serum ferritin and risk of myocardial infarction in the elderly: the Rotterdam Study
BACKGROUND: Elevated body iron stores have been suggested to be a risk factor for ischemic heart disease. OBJECTIVE: We examined whether elevated serum ferritin concentrations, other indicators of iron status, and dietary iron affected the incidence of myocardial infarction (MI) in an elderly population. DESIGN: A nested, case-control study of 60 patients who had their first MI and 112 age- and sex-matched control subjects embedded in the population-based cohort of the Rotterdam Study. RESULTS: The age- and sex-adjusted risk of MI for subjects with serum ferritin concentrations > or = 200 m... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 1999 |
Schlagwörter: | Aged / Case-Control Studies / Female / Ferritin/*blood / Geriatric Assessment / Health Status / Humans / Iron / Dietary/administration & dosage / Male / Myocardial Infarction/blood/epidemiology/*etiology / Myocardial Ischemia/etiology / Netherlands/epidemiology / Research Support / Non-U.S. Gov't / Risk Factors |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27218153 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://repub.eur.nl/pub/9109 |