Relative importance of risk factors for coronary heart disease – The Hordaland Homocysteine Study

Jannicke Igland; Dan Joseph Stein; Ottar Nygård; Håkon K. Gjessing; Per Magne Ueland; Grethe S. Tell

doi:10.3109/14017431.2012.720024

Abstract

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We have demonstrated a simple method for direct and scale-independent comparison of the strength of both categorical and continuous risk factors. The importance of individual risk factors differed substantially between the two age groups.

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