High serum level of lutein may be protective against early atherosclerosis: The Beijing atherosclerosis study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 789-793

  Zou, Zhiyong ^a   Xu, Xianrong ^a   Huang, Yangmu ^a   Xiao, Xin ^a   Ma, Le ^a   Sun, Tingting ^a   Dong, Pengcheng ^a   Wang, Xun ^a   Lin, Xiaoming ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Early atherosclerosis; Intima media thickness; Lutein; Serum carotenoid

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGED; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUTEIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; UP-REGULATION; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 82955162469     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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