Skin cholesterol content identifies increased carotid intima-media thickness in asymptomatic adults

American Heart Journal

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1135-1139

  Tzou, Wendy S ^a   Mays, Maureen E ^a   Korcarz, Claudia E ^a   Aeschlimann, Susan E ^a   Stein, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; SYMPTOM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THICKNESS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN; TRIGLYCERIDES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 28844457029     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.01.009     Document Type: Article

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