Association between increasing levels of hemoglobin A1c and coronary atherosclerosis in asymptomatic individuals without diabetes mellitus

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 157-163

  Rivera, Juan J ^a   Choi, Eue Keun ^b   Yoon, Yeonyee E ^b   Chun, Eun Ju ^c   Choi, Sang Il ^c   Nasir, Khurram ^d   Brancati, Frederick L ^e   Blumenthal, Roger S ^a   Chang, Hyuk Jae ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary atherosclerosis; Diabetes; Glycosylated hemoglobin

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CALCINOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77951296051     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e328337ff9b     Document Type: Article

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