Carotid a therosclerosis in premenopausal and postmenopausal women and its association with risk factors measured after menopause

Stroke

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1116-1121

  Sutton Tyrrell, Kim ^a   Lassila, Holly C ^a   Meilahn, Elaine ^b   Bunker, Clareann ^a   Matthews, Karen A ^a   Kuller, Lewis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery diseases; Epidemiology; Women

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; INTIMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREMENOPAUSE; TUNICA MEDIA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0031596389     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.29.6.1116     Document Type: Article

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