Association between Helicobacter pylori seropositivity and the coronary artery calcium score in a screening population

Gut and Liver

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 321-327

  Park, Min Jung ^a   Choi, Seung Ho ^a   Kim, Donghee ^a   Kang, Seung Joo ^a   Chung, Su Jin ^a   Choi, Su Yeon ^a   Yoon, Dae Hyun ^a   Lim, Seon Hee ^a   Kim, Young Sun ^a   Yim, Jeong Yoon ^a   Kim, Joo Sung ^b   Jung, Hyun Chae ^b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coronary atherosclerosis; Helicobacter pylori; Screening; Seropositivity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 80052506682     PISSN: 19762283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5009/gnl.2011.5.3.321     Document Type: Article

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