Association between alcohol consumption and carotid intima-media thickness in a healthy population: Data of the STRATEGY study (Stress, Atherosclerosis and ECG Study)

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1199-1206

  Zyriax, B C ^a   Lau, K ^b   Klahn T ^a   Boeing, H ^c   Volzke H ^b   Windler, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

alcohol; intima media thickness (IMT); lifestyle; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SMOKING HABIT; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 77957834147     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2010.144     Document Type: Article

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