Biologically implausible carotid intimamedia thickness measurement values: Effects on rate of change over time

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 891-899

  Peters, Sanne A E ^a   Den Ruijter, Hester M ^a   Palmer, Mike K ^b   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Crouse III, John R ^c   O'Leary, Daniel H ^d   Evans, Gregory W ^c   Raichlen, Joel S ^e   Bots, Michiel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Carney Hospital   (United States)

^e ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biologically implausible values; Carotid intima; Media thickness; Methodology; Outliers; Study design

Indexed keywords

ROSUVASTATIN;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; BIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLUOROBENZENES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PYRIMIDINES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SULFONAMIDES; TIME FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 84862508897     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007995.2012.689255     Document Type: Article

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