Prevalence of and risk factors associated with carotid artery stenosis: The Tromsø Study

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 44-51

  Mathiesen, Ellisiv B ^a   Joakimsen, Oddmund ^a   Bønaa, Kaare H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Prevalence; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034939556     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047680     Document Type: Article

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