Difference in Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Between Korean and Japanese Men

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 310-315

  Choo, Jina ^a   Ueshima, Hirotsugu ^b   Jang, Yangsoo ^d   Sutton Tyrrell, Kim ^a   El Saed, Aiman ^a   Kadowaki, Takashi ^b   Takamiya, Tomoko ^b   Okamura, Tomonori ^b   Ueno, Yoshiki ^b   Nakamura, Yasuyuki ^b   Sekikawa, Akira ^a   Curb, J David ^c   Kuller, Lewis H ^a   Shin, Chol ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c PACIFIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid Artery; Cohort Studies; Coronary Disease; Japanese; Koreans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 41049096809     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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