Prevalence of atherosclerotic plaque in young and middle-aged asymptomatic individuals: The bogalusa heart study

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 803-808

  Kelley, Roger Everett ^a   Dasmahapatra, Pronabesh ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Srinivasan, Sathanur R ^a   Fernandez, Camilo ^a   Xu, Jihua ^a   Martin Schild, Sheryl ^a   Berenson, Gerald S ^a  

^a Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; biracial community; cardiovascular risk factors; carotid plaque; community based study; diabetes mellitus; dyslipidemia; femoral plaque; hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 81455127462     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318236c35c     Document Type: Article

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