Associations of inflammatory markers with coronary artery calcification: Results from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 226-229

  Jenny, Nancy Swords ^a   Brown, Elizabeth R ^b   Detrano, Robert ^c   Folsom, Aaron R ^d   Saad, Mohammed F ^e   Shea, Steven ^f   Szklo, Moyses ^g   Herrington, David M ^h   Jacobs Jr , David R ^d,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcium; Inflammation; Population

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; FIBRINOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77049084966     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.08.037     Document Type: Article

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