High apoB/apoA-I ratio is associated with increased progression rate of carotid artery intima-media thickness in clinically healthy 58-year-old men: Experiences from very long-term follow-up in the AIR study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 284-289

  Schmidt, C ^a   Wikstrand, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apolipoproteins; Carotid arteries; Intima media thickness; Progression rate; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; CAROTID ARTERY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; TURBIDIMETRY;

APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 67349205069     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.11.025     Document Type: Article

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