Interleukin-18, the metabolic syndrome, and subclinical atherosclerosis: Results from the Dallas Heart Study

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2043-2049

  Zirlik, Andreas ^a,c   Abdullah, Shuaib M ^b   Gerdes, Norbert ^a,d   MacFarlane, Lindsey ^a   Schönbeck, Uwe ^e   Khera, Amit ^b   McGuire, Darren K ^b   Vega, Gloria L ^b   Grundy, Scott ^b   Libby, Peter ^a   De Lemos, James A ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Imaging; Interleukins; Metabolic syndrome; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; INTERLEUKIN 18;

ADULT; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; LIFE STYLE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 34548178040     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.107.149484     Document Type: Article

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