The relative impact of different measures of adiposity on markers of early atherosclerosis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-146

  Stamatelopoulos, Kimon S ^a   Lekakis, John P ^a   Vamvakou, Georgia ^a   Katsichti, Paraskevi ^a   Protogerou, Athanasios ^a   Revela, Ioanna ^a   Karatzi, Kalliopi ^a   Alevizaki, Maria ^a   Zakopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Papamichael, Christos M ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Endothelial activation; Endothelial function; Intima media thickness; Measures of adiposity; Obesity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INSULIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY MASS INDEX; BRACHIAL ARTERY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUNICA INTIMA; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 34249293979     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.098     Document Type: Article

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