Association of central obesity with early Carotid intima-media thickening is independent of that from other risk factors

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 136-143

  Maher, V ^a   O'Dowd, M ^a   Carey, M ^a   Markham, C ^a   Byrne, A ^a   Hand, E ^a   Mc Inerney, D ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Carotid artery intima media thickness; Central obesity; Metabolic risk factors; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TONOMETRY; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TUNICA INTIMA; VASODILATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 58149496110     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2008.254     Document Type: Article

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