Abdominal obesity and carotid artery wall thickness. The Los Angeles Atherosclerosis Study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1546-1551

  Reed, D ^a   Dwyer, K M ^a   Dwyer, J H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Atherosclerosis; B mode ultrasound; Cohort; Obesity

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LIPOPROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY WALL THICKNESS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FASTING INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SAGITTAL TRANSVERSE RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; THICKNESS; UNITED STATES;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0348141015     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802468     Document Type: Article

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