LDL particle size distribution is associated with carotid intima-media thickness in healthy 50-year-old men

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2422-2430

  Skoglund Andersson, Camilla ^a,c   Tang, Rong ^d   Bond, M Gene ^d   De Faire, Ulf ^b,c   Hamsten, Anders ^a,b   Karpe, Fredrik ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Dept Emergency and Cardiovasc Med ^*  (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein B; Atherosclerosis; Gradient gel electrophoresis; Intima media thickness; Low density lipoprotein subfractions

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; ISOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032833587     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.19.10.2422     Document Type: Article

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