C-reactive protein and coronary heart disease in Western Turkey

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 601-607

  Onat, Altan ^a,c   Sansoy, Vedat ^a   Yildirim, Beytullah ^a   Keleş, Ibrahim ^a   Uysal, Ömer ^a   Hergenç, Gülay ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOGENESIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 0035884883     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01799-4     Document Type: Article

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