A synergistic relationship of elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and systolic blood pressure with coronary artery calcification

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 368-373

  Musunuru, Kiran ^a   Nasir, Khurram ^b   Pandey, Shivda ^b   Campbell, Catherine C ^a   Carvalho, Jose A M ^c   Meneghello, Romeu ^c   Budoff, Matthew J ^d   Blumenthal, Roger S ^a   Santos, Raul D ^c,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coronary calcification; Electron beam tomography; LDL cholesterol; Risk factors; Subclinical atherosclerosis; Systolic blood pressure

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SYSTOLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52049085978     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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