Sex difference in the distribution of atherosclerotic risk factors and their association with peripheral arterial disease in Taiwanese type 2 diabetic patients

Circulation Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1131-1136

  Tseng, Chin Hsiao ^a,b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ankle brachial index; Peripheral arterial disease; Risk factors; Sex difference; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN TREATMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TAIWAN; URIC ACID;

EID: 34347240720     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.71.1131     Document Type: Article

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