Ethnic differences in carotid wall thickness: The Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1744-1749

  D'Agostino Jr , Ralph B ^a   Burke, Gregory ^a   O'Leary, Dan ^b   Rewers, Marian ^c   Selby, Joseph ^d   Savage, Peter J ^e   Saad, Mohammed F ^f   Bergman, Richard N ^f   Howard, George ^a   Wagenknecht, Lynne ^a   Haffner, Steven M ^g  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; blacks; ethnic groups; Hispanic Americans; insulin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 10144237207     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.10.1744     Document Type: Article

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