Monocyte count is a predictor of novel plaque formation: A 7-year follow-up study of 2610 persons without carotid plaque at baseline the Tromsø study

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 715-719

  Johnsen, Stein Harald ^a   Fosse, Einar ^a   Joakimsen, Oddmund ^b   Mathiesen, Ellisiv B ^a,b   Stensland Bugge, Eva ^b   Njølstad, Inger ^a   Arnesen, Egil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Inflammation; Intima media thickness; Risk factors; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 16844384444     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000158909.07634.83     Document Type: Article

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