Carotid atherosclerosis in normal-weight metabolic syndrome

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 1771-1777

  Kawamoto, Ryuichi ^a   Ohtsuka, Nobuyuki ^a   Ninomiya, Daisuke ^a   Nakamura, Syunpei ^a  

^a Seiyo Municipal Nomura Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Common carotid artery; Intima media thickness; Metabolic syndrome; Normal body mass index; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; URIC ACID;

AGE; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAROTID ARTERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SMOKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 36249017940     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.0261     Document Type: Article

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