The associations between visceral fat and calcified atherosclerosis are stronger in women than men

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 531-536

  DiTomasso, Dominic ^a   Carnethon, Mercedes R ^c   Wright, C Michael ^b   Allison, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat; Calcium; Computed tomography; Epidemiology; Vascular

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ILIAC ARTERY; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERY; MITRAL VALVE; MORPHOLOGY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCIUM; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 74749083758     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.08.015     Document Type: Article

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