Coronary calcification is more predictive of carotid intimal medial thickness in black compared to white middle aged men

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 913-918

  El Saed, Aiman ^a   Sekikawa, Akira ^a,b   Edmundowicz, Daniel ^c   Evans, Rhobert W ^a   Sutton Tyrrell, Kim ^a   Kadowaki, Takashi ^b   Choo, Jina ^a   Takamiya, Tomoko ^b   Kuller, Lewis H ^a  

^a GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Cardiovascular Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Black; Carotid intimal medial thickness; Caucasian; Coronary calcification; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAUCASIAN; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 38349121018     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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