Early vascular lesions in subjects with metabolic syndrome and prediabetes

International Angiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-183

  Diamantopoulos, E J ^a,c   Andreadis, E A ^a   Tsourous, G I ^a   Katsanou, P M ^a   Georgiopoulos, D X ^a   Nestora, K C ^a   Raptis, S A ^b  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery stenosis; Metabolic syndrome; Microal buminuria; Prediabetic state

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROMATOSIS; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINARY EXCRETION; VASCULAR LESION;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREDIABETIC STATE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33745939544     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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