@article{d40e762ab0af455aae3b38c8f6c8fd54,
title = "Serum cholesterol levels and in-hospital mortality in the elderly",
abstract = "Although total cholesterol levels among middle-aged persons correlate with long-term mortality from all causes, this association remains controversial in older persons. We explored whether total cholesterol levels were independently associated with in-hospital mortality among elderly patients.",
keywords = "Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Biological Markers, Blood Sedimentation, Cholesterol, Female, Fibrinogen, Hospital Mortality, Humans, Hypercholesterolemia, Italy, Length of Stay, Male, Predictive Value of Tests, Prevalence, Serum Albumin, Sex Factors, Statistics as Topic, Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Biological Markers, Blood Sedimentation, Cholesterol, Female, Fibrinogen, Hospital Mortality, Humans, Hypercholesterolemia, Italy, Length of Stay, Male, Predictive Value of Tests, Prevalence, Serum Albumin, Sex Factors, Statistics as Topic",
author = "Graziano Onder and Landi, {Francesco Luigi} and S Volpato and R Fellin and Pierugo Carbonin and Giovanni Gambassi and Roberto Bernabei",
year = "2003",
language = "English",
volume = "115",
pages = "265--271",
journal = "THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE",
issn = "0002-9343",
publisher = "Elsevier Science Incorporated / NY Journals:Madison Square Station, PO Box 882:New York, NY 10159:(212)633-3730, EMAIL:
[email protected], INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.com, Fax: (212)633-3680",
}