Carotid and femoral atherosclerosis, cardiovascular risk factors and C-reactive protein in relation to smokeless tobacco use or smoking in 58-year-old men

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 250, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 492-501

  Wallenfeldt, K ^a,b   Hulthe, J ^b   Bokemark, L ^a   Wikstrand, J ^b   Fagerberg, B ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; C reactive protein; Intima media thickness; Smokeless tobacco; Smoking; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INTIMA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; TUNICA MEDIA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN; SYNDROME; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 0035657633     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2001.00917.x     Document Type: Article

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