Association between white blood cell count and carotid arteriosclerosis in Japanese smokers

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-100

  Ishizaka, Nobukazu ^a   Ishizaka, Yuko ^b   Toda, Ei Ichi ^b   Hashimoto, Hideki ^c   Nagai, Ryozo ^a   Yamakado, Minoru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerosis; Leukocyte; Plaque; Risk factor; Smoking status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 2942552831     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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