Pericardial fat is associated with carotid stiffness in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 332-338

  Brinkley, T E ^a   Hsu, F C ^a   Carr, J J ^a   Hundley, W G ^a   Bluemke, D A ^b   Polak, J F ^c   Ding, J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Carotid artery; Distensibility; Pericardial fat

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY COMPOSITION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY COMPOSITION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELASTIC MODULUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PERICARDIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 79954633213     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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