Titre : | Serum potassium, cigarette smoking, and mortality in middle-aged men. (1997) |
Auteurs : | S.G. WANNAMETHEE ; A.F. LEVER ; A.G. SHAPER ; P.H. WHINCUP ; Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences. Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine. London. GBR |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of epidemiology (vol. 145, n° 7, 1997) |
Pagination : | 598-606 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Mortalité ; Potassium ; Tabagisme ; Epidémiologie ; Facteur risque ; Homme ; Royaume Uni ; Europe |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST 2ZqKR0xW. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. The relation between serum potassium level and all-cause mortality was examined in a prospective study of 7,636 middle-aged British men followed for 11.5 years (1978-1991). Men being treated for hypertension had a significantly lower mean ( standard error) potassium level than men not in treatment (4.24 0.03 mmol/liter vs. 4.32 0.01 mmol/liter ; p |