Relationship between serum bilirubin and carotid atherosclerosis in hypertensive patients

Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 1595-1599

  Yang, Xia Feng ^a   Chen, Yuan Zhi ^a   Su, Jiang Li ^a   Wang, Feng Yun ^a   Wang, Le Xin ^b  

^a TAISHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Bilirubin; C reactive protein; Carotid plaque; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; BILIRUBIN; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 70349488341     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.2286     Document Type: Article

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