Atherosclerotic Risk Factors and Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Venous Thromboembolism; Time-Fixed versus Time-Varying Analyses. The Tromsø Study.

Atherosclerotic Risk Factors and Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Venous Thromboembolism; Time-Fixed versus Time-Varying Analyses. The Tromsø Study.

BACKGROUND:Single measurements of modifiable risk factors may underestimate associations with outcomes in cohorts. We aimed to compare risk estimates of myocardial infarction (MI) and venous thromboembolism (VTE) by atherosclerotic risk factors during long follow-up using time-fixed analyses without...

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Main Authors: Birgit Småbrekke, Ludvig Balteskard Rinde, Kristian Hindberg, Erin Mathiesen Hald, Anders Vik, Tom Wilsgaard, Maja-Lisa Løchen, Inger Njølstad, Ellisiv B Mathiesen, John-Bjarne Hansen, Sigrid Brækkan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5026338?pdf=render

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