Low HDL cholesterol concentration is associated with increased intima-media thickness independent of arterial stiffness in healthy subjects from families with low HDL cholesterol

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 457-463

  Alagona, C ^a,b   Soro, A ^a   Westerbacka, J ^a   Ylitalo, K ^a   Salonen, J T ^c   Salonen, R ^c   Yki Jarvinen H ^a   Taskinen, Marja Riitta ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d University of Helsinki ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; HDL cholesterol; Intima media thickness; Lipoproteins; Pulse wave analysis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; TONOMETRY; ULTRASOUND; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0037899561     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.2003.01165.x     Document Type: Article

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