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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
5
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1993-7-15
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pubmed:abstractText |
The possible association between heart size measured during a cardiovascular screening examination and cardiovascular mortality was studied in 1984 healthy men aged 40-59 years. At the 16-year follow-up 278 had died, 150 from cardiovascular diseases. Cardiovascular mortality was 2.2 times higher among the 122 men with heart size > or = 500 ml.m-2 than among those with heart size < 500 ml.m-2. This association was, however, exclusively confined to men with physical fitness below median in whom the corresponding mortality ratio was 4.6 (95% confidence interval 2.5-8.4; P < 0.001) after adjustment for age, smoking, cholesterol, blood pressure and heart rate. Heart size measurements from routine chest X-rays is fast, easy, inexpensive and appears to provide valuable, independent screening information in healthy, middle-aged men.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
May
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pubmed:issn |
0195-668X
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
14
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
592-6
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:8508851-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:8508851-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:8508851-Cardiac Volume,
pubmed-meshheading:8508851-Cardiomegaly,
pubmed-meshheading:8508851-Cardiovascular Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:8508851-Cause of Death,
pubmed-meshheading:8508851-Cohort Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:8508851-Coronary Disease,
pubmed-meshheading:8508851-Follow-Up Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:8508851-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:8508851-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:8508851-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:8508851-Norway,
pubmed-meshheading:8508851-Physical Fitness,
pubmed-meshheading:8508851-Risk Factors
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pubmed:year |
1993
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Heart volume and cardiovascular mortality. A 16 year follow-up study of 1984 healthy middle-aged men.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital (Rikshospitalet) of Oslo, Norway.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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