Serum calcium concentration and carotid artery plaque: A population-based study

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 151-157

  Ishizaka, Nobukazu ^a   Ishizaka, Yuko ^b   Takahashi, Eiko ^b   Tooda, Ei Ichi ^b   Hashimoto, Hideki ^c   Nagai, Ryozo ^a   Yamakado, Minoru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcium; Carotid arteries; Plaque; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; BLOOD; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCIUM; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036519294     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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