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Cholesterol and Glucose Metabolism and Recurrent Cardiovascular Events Among the Elderly

A Prospective Study

Timo E. Strandberg, MD, PhD^_*,,_*, Reijo S. Tilvis, MD, PhD, Kaisu H. Pitkala, MD, PhD and Tatu A. Miettinen, MD, PhD

^_* Department of Public Health Science and General Practice, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
Oulu University Hospital, Unit of General Practice, Oulu, Finland
Department of Medicine, Clinic of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

View larger version (19K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 (A) Unadjusted Kaplan-Meier curve for total mortality in the lowest quartile of serum cholestanol-to-cholesterol ratio versus other quartiles combined. (B) Unadjusted Kaplan-Meier curve for primary end point or death in the lowest quartile of serum cholestanol-to-cholesterol ratio versus other quartiles combined.