Possible Risk Factors of Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis in the Japanese Population: A Primary Prevention Study in Non-diabetic Subjects

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 362-368

  Okada, Masahiko ^a   Miida, Takashi ^a   Hama, Hitoshi ^b   Yata, Shogo ^b   Sunaga, Takao ^b   Tsuda, Akiko ^b   Saito, Hisashi ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kido Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index (bmi); Cross sectional study; High density lipoprotein cholesterol (hdl c); Hyperinsulinemia; Intimal medial thickness (imt); Low density lipoprotein cholesterol (ldl c); Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INSULIN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034184143     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.362     Document Type: Article

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