Thoracoabdominal calcifications predict cardiovascular disease mortality in type 2 diabetic and nondiabetic subjects: 18-Year follow-up study

Diabetes Care

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 583-585

  Juutilainen, Auni ^a,b   Lehto, Seppo ^a   Suhonen, Matti ^a   R̈onnemaa, Tapani ^c,d   Laakso, Markku ^a,b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; THORACOABDOMINAL CALCIFICATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77649251834     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc09-1813     Document Type: Article

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