Relationship between lipoprotein(a), metabolic syndrome, and carotid atherosclerosis in older Japanese people

Gerontology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 361-364

  Kotani, Kazuhiko ^a,b   Shimohiro, Hisashi ^c   Adachi, Seiji ^d   Sakane, Naoki ^b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Fujii Masao Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging biology; Carotid intima media thickness; Lipoprotein; Metabolic disorder

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEIN(A); LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 55849128519     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000145541     Document Type: Article

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