Sex differences in early carotid atherosclerosis (from the community-based Gutenberg-Heart Study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1841-1847

  Sinning, Christoph ^a   Wild, Philip S ^a   Echevarria, Francisco M Ojeda ^a   Wilde, Sandra ^a   Schnabel, Renate ^a   Lubos, Edith ^a   Herkenhoff, Stephanie ^a   Bickel, Christoph ^b   Klimpe, Sven ^a   Gori, Tommaso ^a   Mnzel, Thomas F ^a   Blankenberg, Stefan ^a   Espinola Klein, Christine ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NOMOGRAM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 79957966606     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.02.318     Document Type: Conference Paper

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