Body weight change and carotid artery wall thickness: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 563-573

  Stevens, June ^a   Tyroler, H A ^a   Cai, Jianwen ^a   Paton, Catherine C ^a   Folsom, Aaron R ^b   Tell, Grethe S ^c   Schreiner, Pamela J ^b   Chambless, Lloyd E ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Blacks; Body weight; Cardiovascular diseases; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032520896     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009488     Document Type: Article

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