An international matched cohort study of the contribution of metabolic impairments to subclinical atherosclerosis in United Kingdom and Jamaican African-Caribbeans

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-101

  Kalra, Lalit ^a   Iveson, Elizabeth ^b   Rambaran, Curtis ^a   Sherwood, Roy ^a   Chowienczyk, Philip ^a   Ritter, James ^a   Shah, Ajay ^a   Forrester, Terrence ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Carotid intima media thickness; Endothelium dependent vasodilatation; Environment; Ethnicity; Insulin resistance

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VASODILATATION; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALBUTEROL; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; JAMAICA; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; VASCULITIS; VASODILATION;

EID: 45249084989     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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