Low plasma retinol predicts coronary events in healthy middle-aged men: The PRIME Study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 270-274

  Gey, K Fred ^a   Ducimetière, Pierre ^b   Evans, Alun ^c   Amouyel, Philippe ^d   Arveiler, Dominique ^e   Ferrières, Jean ^f   Luc, Gerald ^d   Kee, Frank ^c   Bingham, Annie ^b   Yarnell, John ^c   Cambien, François ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^f INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Coronary heart disease; Epidemiology; Incipient vitamin A deficiency; Plasma retinol; Risk factors; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 6; RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRELAND; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN A;

EID: 73449107436     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.07.018     Document Type: Article

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