Association of obesity and central fat distribution with carotid artery wall thickening in middle-aged women

Stroke

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2923-2928

  De Michele, Mario ^a   Panico, Salvatore ^a   Iannuzzi, Arcangelo ^b   Celentano, Egidio ^c   Ciardullo, Anna V ^d   Galasso, Rocco ^e   Sacchetti, Lucia ^a   Zarrilli, Federica ^a   Bond, M Gene ^f   Rubba, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d AUSL Modena   (Italy)

^e Ospedale Oncologico Regionale   (Italy)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Obesity; Women

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; ITALY; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; ITALY; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0036905132     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000038989.90931.BE     Document Type: Article

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