Increased carotid intima-media thickness and serum inflammatory markers in obstructive sleep apnea

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 625-630

  Minoguchi, Kenji ^a   Yokoe, Takuya ^a   Tazaki, Toshiyuki ^a   Minoguchi, Hideko ^a   Tanaka, Akihiko ^a   Oda, Naruhito ^a   Okada, Shinji ^a   Ohta, Shin ^a   Naito, Hirokuni ^a   Adachi, Mitsuru ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cytokine; Hypoxia; Inflammation; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFLAMMATION; INTIMA; INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP TIME; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 24144502902     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200412-1652OC     Document Type: Article

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