Ethnic differences in systemic inflammation: An investigation of C-reactive protein levels among Moroccan, Turkish and Dutch groups in the Netherlands

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 511-516

  Ujcic Voortman, Joanne K ^a   Baan, Caroline A ^b   Verhoeff, Arnoud P ^a,c   Krol, Anneke ^a   Seidell, Jacob C ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amsterdam; Body Mass Index; Cardiovascular disease risk; Ethnic groups; High sensitive CRP; Low grade systemic inflammation; Obesity; Population survey; Smoking

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGED; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TURKEY;

EID: 80053282250     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.06.051     Document Type: Article

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