Visceral adipose tissue, a potential risk factor for carotid atherosclerosis: Results of the Multicultural Community Health Assessment Trial (M-CHAT)

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2422-2429

  Lear, Scott A ^a,b,c   Humphries, Karin H ^b   Kohli, Simi ^a   Frohlich, Jiri J ^b   Birmingham, C Laird ^b   Mancini, G B John ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid ultrasound; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Obesity; Risk factors; Visceral adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HOMOCYSTEINE; INSULIN; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CHINESE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LABORATORY TEST; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH ASIA; ULTRASOUND; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID ARTERIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 34548289412     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.484113     Document Type: Article

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