Westernization of lifestyle markedly increases carotid intima-media wall thickness (IMT) in Japanese people

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-72

  Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a   Yamane, Kiminori ^a   Fujikawa, Rumi ^a   Okubo, Masamichi ^a   Egusa, Genshi ^a   Kohno, Nobuoki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Intima media wall thickness; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION PROCESS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ASIAN AMERICAN; BLOOD; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; INTIMA; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUNICA MEDIA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0037212912     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(02)00304-0     Document Type: Article

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