C-reactive protein concentration in children: Relationship to adiposity and other cardiovascular risk factors

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 139-150

  Cook, Derek G ^a   Mendall, Mike A ^a,d   Whincup, Peter H ^c   Carey, Iain M ^a   Ballam, Lydia ^a   Morris, Julia E ^a   Miller, George J ^b   Strachan, David P ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Cardiovascular Research Group   (United Kingdom)

^d MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Child; Fibrinogen; Obesity; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033999288     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(99)00312-3     Document Type: Article

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