Association between behavior-dependent cardiovascular risk factors and asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis in a general population

Stroke

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2929-2935

  Luedemann, Jan ^a   Schminke, Ulf ^a   Berger, Klaus ^b   Piek, Marion ^a   Willich, Stefan N ^c   Döring, Angela ^d   John, Ulrich ^a   Kessler, Christof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery diseases; Exercise; Lifestyle; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

AGED; BEHAVIOR; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0036901362     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000038422.57919.7F     Document Type: Article

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