The association of pericardial fat with calcified coronary plaque

Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1914-1919

  Ding, Jingzhong ^a   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^a   Harris, Tamara B ^b   Burke, Gregory L ^a   Detrano, Robert C ^c   Szklo, Moyses ^d   Jeffrey Carr, J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERICARDIUM; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 48749130614     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.278     Document Type: Article

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