Smoking without exception adversely affects vascular structure and function in apparently healthy Chinese: Implications in global atherosclerosis prevention

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 172-177

  Thomas, G Neil ^a   Chook, Ping ^a   Yip, Thomas W C ^b   Kwong, Shu K ^c   Chan, Thomas Y K ^a   Qiao, Mu ^a   Huang, Xin S ^d   Guo, Dong S ^e   Feng, Jian Z ^d   Chan, Shu W ^f   Leong, Hok C ^g   Celermajer, David S ^h   Woo, Kam S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b YAN CHAI HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c ALICE HO MIU LING NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d Guangdong Provincial Cardiovascular Institute   (China)

^e Yu County Cardiovascular Institute   (China)

^f Chinese Hospital   (United States)

^g Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^h ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid intima media thickening; Endothelial dysfunction; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; SMOKING; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 47749146592     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.11.065     Document Type: Article

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