Abdominal aortic diameter and vascular atherosclerosis: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 481-487

  Laughlin, G A ^a   Allison, M A ^a   Jensky, N E ^a   Aboyans, V ^b   Wong, N D ^c   Detrano, R ^c   Criqui, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aorta; Atherosclerosis; Epidemiology; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; D DIMER; HOMOCYSTEINE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA BIFURCATION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953051323     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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