Military combat and burden of subclinical atherosclerosis in middle aged men: The ARIC Study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 277-281

  Johnson, Anna M ^a   Rose, Kathryn M ^a   Elder, Glen H ^b   Chambless, Lloyd E ^b   Kaufman, Jay S ^c   Heiss, Gerardo ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Combat; Intima media thickness; Plaque; Subclinical atherosclerosis; Veteran

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATHERS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 77952585829     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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