Associations of cardiovascular risk factors with two surrogate markers of subclinical atherosclerosis: Endothelial function and carotid intima media thickness

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 437-440

  Fitch, Kathleen V ^a   Stavrou, Eleni ^a   Looby, Sara E ^a   Hemphill, Linda ^a   Jaff, Michael R ^a   Grinspoon, Steven K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid intima media thickness; Endothelial function

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL TONOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TONOMETRY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BOSTON; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 79960698146     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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