Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and preclinical carotid artery disease in untreated hypertensive men

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 98-100

  Bleil, Maria E ^a   Ferrell, Robert E ^b   Sutton Tyrrell, Kim ^b   Muldoon, Matthew F ^c   Manuck, Stephen B ^a  

^a Department of Psychology   (United States)

^b GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

apolipoprotein E polymorphism; B mode ultrasonography; carotid artery atherosclerosis; hypertensionsmoking

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; B SCAN; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID TRANSPORT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SMOKING; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 33646080811     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000194418.16638.d9     Document Type: Article

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