Association between High Serum Ferritin Levels and Carotid Atherosclerosis in the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP)

Stroke

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 453-457

  Wolff, Birger ^a   Völzke, Henry ^a   Lüdemann, Jan ^a   Robinson, Daniel ^a   Vogelgesang, Dirk ^a   Staudt, Alexander ^a   Kessler, Christof ^a   Dahm, Johannes B ^a   John, Ulrich ^a   Felix, Stephan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Epidemiology; Ferritin; Iron; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 10744230824     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000114875.31599.1C     Document Type: Article

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