The relationship between high-sensitive C-reactive protein and pulse wave velocity in healthy Japanese men

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 373-377

  Tomiyama, Hirofumi ^a   Arai, Tomio ^a   Koji, Yutaka ^a   Yambe, Minoru ^a   Hirayama, Yoji ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshio ^b   Yamashina, Akira ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAJIMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; C reactive protein; Inflammation; Pulse wave velocity; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULSE WAVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLING STUDIES; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 2342479741     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2004.01.032     Document Type: Article

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