Femoral atherosclerosis in middle-aged subjects: Association with cardiovascular risk factors and insulin resistance

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 742-748

  Kekäläinen, Päivi ^a   Sarlund, Helena ^a   Farin, Pekka ^a   Kaukanen, Erkki ^a   Yang, Xiaoming ^a   Laakso, Markku ^a,b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; insulin resistance; risk factors

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY RISK; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029818358     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008998     Document Type: Article

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