Gender specific association of neonatal characteristics and cardiovascular risk factors on carotid intima-media thickness in a chinese cohort

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2310-2314

  Lin, Xue ^a   Zhu, Wen Ling ^a   Tan, Li ^a   Xu, Tao ^a   Xu, Rui Yi ^a   Fang, Quan ^a   Zhang, Shu Yang ^a   Zhang, Zhen Xin ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Gender; Gestational age; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; PLACENTA WEIGHT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 79851470795     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.17.005     Document Type: Article

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