Obesity accelerates the progression of coronary atherosclerosis in young men

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 2712-2718

  McGill Jr , Henry C ^a,b   McMahan, C Alex ^a   Herderick, Edward E ^c   Zieske, Arthur W ^d   Malcom, Gray T ^d   Tracy, Richard E ^d   Strong, Jack P ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary heart disease; Obesity; Risk factors; Youth

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BODY MASS; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037062661     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000018121.67607.CE     Document Type: Article

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