Cardiovascular risk factors in restless legs syndrome

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1587-1592

  Schlesinger, Ilana ^a   Erikh, Ilana ^a   Avizohar, Ophir ^b   Sprecher, Elliot ^a   Yarnitsky, David ^c  

^a Rambam Health Care Campus ^*  (Israel)

^b Rambam Health Care Campus   (Israel)

^c RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

BMI; Cardiovascular; Hyperlipidemia; Prevalence; Restless legs syndrome

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 69949139928     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22486     Document Type: Article

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