Lymphocyte sub-population cell counts are associated with the metabolic syndrome and its components in the Vietnam Experience Study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 294-298

  Phillips, Anna C ^a   Carroll, Douglas ^a   Gale, Catharine R ^b   Drayson, Mark ^a   Thomas, G Neil ^a   Batty, G David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; Metabolic Syndrome; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INTERVIEW; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; VIET NAM;

AGED; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROGNOSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIETNAM;

EID: 77958502142     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.08.047     Document Type: Article

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