Relation of Plasma Homocysteine to Arterial Stiffness in Black and White Young Adults (from the Bogalusa Heart Study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 985-988

  Ruan, Litao ^a,b   Chen, Wei ^a   Srinivasan, Sathanur R ^a   Xu, Jihua ^a   Sun, Meihung ^a   Toprak, Ahmet ^a   Berenson, Gerald S ^a  

^a Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health   (United States)

^b First Affiliated Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AORTA; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62849123320     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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