Associations of cardiovascular risk factors, carotid intima-media thickness and manifest atherosclerotic vascular disease with carpal tunnel syndrome

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Shiri, Rahman ^a   Heliövaara, Markku ^b   Moilanen, Leena ^c   Viikari, Jorma ^d   Liira, Helena ^e,f   Viikari Juntura, Eira ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f Kirkkonummi Health Centre   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; carotid artery; coronary artery disease; hypertension; obesity; smoking; wrist

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; OBESITY; SEX DETERMINATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WORKLOAD; AGE; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; INTIMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TUNICA MEDIA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 79955101581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-80     Document Type: Article

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