Associations of carotid intima-media thickness, tobacco smoking and overweight with hearing disorder in a general population sample

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  John, U ^a   Baumeister, S E ^a   Kessler, C ^a   Volzke H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hearing disorder; Intima media thickness; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDER; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 35248894322     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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