Segment-specific effects of cardiovascular risk factors on carotid artery intima-medial thickness in women at midlife

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1951-1956

  Schott, Laura L ^a   Wildman, Rachel P ^a   Brockwell, Sarah ^a   Simkin Silverman, Laurey R ^a   Kuller, Lewis H ^a   Sutton Tyrrell, Kim ^a  

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

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular risk factors; Carotid artery; Ultrasound; Women

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTIMA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THICKNESS; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASOUND; WEIGHT;

ADULT; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SYSTOLE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 5344268782     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000141119.02205.6b     Document Type: Article

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