Relationship between C3 levels and common carotid intima-media thickness in overweight and obese patients

Obesity Facts

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-163

  De Pergola, Giovanni ^a   Ciccone, Marco Matteo ^b   Guida, Pietro ^b   Morea, Gaetano ^b   Giannuzzo, Emanuela ^a   Cortese, Francesca ^b   Scicchitano, Pietro ^b   Favale, Stefano ^b   Silvestris, Franco ^a  

^a Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Oncology ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

C3; Cardiovascular risk; Common carotid artery intima media thickness; Obesity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPLEMENT BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERIES; COMPLEMENT C3; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; SEX FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956066813     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327893     Document Type: Article

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