Carotid wall thickening, left ventricular hypertrophy, and insulin resistance in patients with hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 422-425

  Jeng, Jing Ren ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cardiac hypertrophy; Carotid atherosclerosis; Hypertension; Insulin resistance

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CAROTID ARTERIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0036256717     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(02)02259-8     Document Type: Article

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