Cholesterol and arterial distensibility in the first decade of life: A population-based study

Circulation

Volumn 101, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 1533-1538

  Leeson, C P M ^a,d   Whincup, P H ^b   Cook, D G ^c   Mullen, M J ^a   Donald, A E ^a   Seymour, C A ^c   Deanfield, J E ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol; Physiology

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; COTININE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILDHOOD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY RISK; DIET; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034603855     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.101.13.1533     Document Type: Article

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