Association between multiple cardiovascular risk factors and atherosclerosis in children and young adults

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 1650-1656

  Berenson, Gerald S ^a   Srinivasan, Sathanur R ^a   Bao, Weihang ^a   Newman III, William P ^b   Tracy, Richard E ^b   Wattigney, Wendy A ^a  

^a Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LOUISIANA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0032482329     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199806043382302     Document Type: Article

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