Ultrasonographically assessed maximum carotid artery wall thickness in Mexico City residents and Mexican Americans living in San Antonio, Texas: Association with diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1388-1392

  Wei, Ming ^a   Gonzalez, Clicerio ^b,c   Haffner, Steven M ^a   O'Leary, Daniel H ^d   Stern, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b AMERICAN BRITISH COWDRAY MEDICAL CENTER   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

artery wall thickness; Mexican American; Mexico; risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029910045     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.16.11.1388     Document Type: Article

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