Xanthelasmata, arcus corneae, and ischaemic vascular disease and death in general population: prospective cohort study

Mette Christoffersen; Ruth Frikke-Schmidt; Peter Schnohr; Gorm B Jensen; Børge G Nordestgaard; Anne  Tybjærg-Hansen

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Xanthelasmata, arcus corneae, and ischaemic vascular disease and death in general population: prospective cohort study

Mette Christoffersen, Ruth Frikke-Schmidt, Peter Schnohr, Gorm B Jensen, Børge G Nordestgaard, Anne Tybjærg-Hansen

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Abstract

To test the hypothesis that xanthelasmata and arcus corneae, individually and combined, predict risk of ischaemic vascular disease and death in the general population.

Original language	English
Journal	B M J
Volume	343
Pages (from-to)	d5497
ISSN	0959-8146
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d5497
Publication status	Published - 2011

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Arcus Senilis
Atherosclerosis
Body Mass Index
Brain Ischemia
Chi-Square Distribution
Confidence Intervals
Denmark
Eye Diseases
Female
Humans
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Lipids
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction
Myocardial Ischemia
Proportional Hazards Models
Prospective Studies
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Statistics, Nonparametric
Xanthomatosis

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Xanthelasmata, arcus corneae, and ischaemic vascular disease and death in general population: prospective cohort study

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