Carotid atherosclerosis and the risk factors in early postmenopausal Chinese women

Maturitas

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-239

  Yu, Ruby H Y ^a   Ho, Suzanne C ^a   Ho, Stella S Y ^a   Chan, Sophie S G ^a   Woo, Jean L F ^a   Ahuja, A T ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Epidemiology and menopause

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HORMONE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; LIPIDS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 67649518053     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2009.03.022     Document Type: Article

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