Inflammation as a cardiovascular risk factor and pulse wave velocity as a marker of early-stage atherosclerosis in the Japanese population

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 159-164

  Saijo, Yasuaki ^a   Utsugi, Megumi ^b   Yoshioka, Eiji ^c   Fukui, Tomonori ^a,c   Sata, Fumihiro ^c   Nakagawa, Naoki ^a   Hasebe, Naoyuki ^a   Yoshida, Takahiko ^a   Kishi, Reiko ^c  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Atherosclerosis; C reactive protein; Inflammation; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTERY WALL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 77249138739     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-009-0080-2     Document Type: Review

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