Association between Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Pericardial Fat in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-65

  Soliman, Elsayed Z ^a   Ding, Jingzhong ^a   Hsu, Fang Chi ^a   Carr, J Jeffrey ^a   Polak, Joseph F ^b   Goff Jr , David C ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; Carotid intima media thickness; Multi Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis; pericardial fat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FAT BODY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERICARDIAL FAT; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 72649083565     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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