Ethnic differences in carotid artery diameter and stiffness: The Northern Manhattan Study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 827-832

  Markert, Matthew S ^a   Della Morte, David ^a   Cabral, Digna ^a   Roberts, Eugene L ^a   Gardener, Hannah ^a   Dong, Chuanhui ^a   Wright, Clinton B ^a   Elkind, Mitchell S V ^b   Sacco, Ralph L ^a   Rundek, Tatjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Miller School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Carotid ultrasound; Diastolic diameter; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY DIAMETER; CAROTID ARTERY STIFFNESS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELASTICITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 82955241410     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.08.028     Document Type: Article

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