Relationship of carotid intima-media thickness and duration of vegetarian diet in Chinese male vegetarians

Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Yang, Shu Yu ^a,b   Zhang, Hui Jie ^b   Sun, Su Yun ^b   Wang, Li Ying ^b   Yan, Bing ^b   Liu, Chang Qin ^b   Zhang, Wei ^b   Li, Xue Jun ^b  

^a FUJIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

duration of vegetarian diet; IMT; vegetarian diet

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; OMNIVORE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VEGETARIAN DIET; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 80052838407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17437075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-7075-8-63     Document Type: Article

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