Is high-sensitivity C-reactive protein associated with carotid atherosclerosis in healthy Koreans?

European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 548-554

  Hee Choi, Sung ^a   Chang Kim, Hyeon ^b   Woo Ahn, Chul ^b   Keun Cho, Hong ^b   Soo Cha, Bong ^b   Chung, Yoon Sok ^c   Woo Lee, Kwan ^c   Chul Lee, Hyun ^b   Bum Huh, Kap ^b   Kim, Dae Jung ^c  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KOREA; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; AGED; BLOOD; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; INTIMA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOMETRY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 33644876627     PISSN: 17418267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00149831-200512000-00006     Document Type: Article

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