"Atherogenic index of plasma" (log10 triglyceride/high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol) predicts high blood pressure, diabetes, and vascular events

Journal of Clinical Lipidology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 89-98

  Onat, Altan ^a,b   Can, Günay ^b   Kaya, Hasan ^c   Hergenç, Gülay ^d  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Kartal Research and Education Hospital   (Turkey)

^d YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atherogenic dyslipidemia; Coronary heart disease; Diabetes mellitus; Inflammation; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENIC INDEX OF PLASMA; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; TURKEY; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 77949815710     PISSN: 19332874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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