Hypertension is a major risk factor for future atherosclerotic changes in the Japanese population

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 118-124

  Abe, Tsueko ^a   Tsuda, Akiko ^b   Yata, Syogo ^b   Matsuto, Takayuki ^a   Okada, Masahiko ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Kido Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION GROUPS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 77749327342     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2009.009032     Document Type: Article

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