The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 11 , Pages 1023-1028, November 2009

Risk Factors for Heart Failure: A Population-Based Case-Control Study

  • Shannon M. Dunlay, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
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  • Susan A. Weston, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
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  • Steven J. Jacobsen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Southern California Permanente Group, Pasadena
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  • Véronique L. Roger, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
    • Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests should be addressed to Véronique L. Roger, MD, MPH, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905

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 Funding: National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (T32 HL07111-31A1) to Dr Dunlay. American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship Award to Dr Dunlay. National Institutes of Health RO1 (HL72435) to Dr Roger. This study was made possible by the Rochester Epidemiology Project (Grant #R01-AR30582 from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases).

 Conflict of Interest: Dr Jacobsen has received research funding from and served as an unpaid consultant to Merck Research Laboratories, but there is no relationship to the present study.

 Authorship: All authors had access to the data and played a role in writing this manuscript.

PII: S0002-9343(09)00578-6

doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.04.022

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 11 , Pages 1023-1028, November 2009