Menopause, Age, and Cardiovascular Risk. A Complex Relationship

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 54, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 2374-2375

  Bittner, Vera ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

inflammation; lipids; menopause; race; risk factors

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; EDITORIAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FACTOR VII; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; INSULIN; LIPOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMENOPAUSE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 71649092238     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.10.008     Document Type: Editorial

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