Cholesterol is associated with the presence of a lipid core in carotid plaque of asymptomatic, young-to-middle-aged African Americans with and without HIV infection and cocaine use residing in inner-city Baltimore, Md., USA

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 295-301

  Du, Jiefu ^a   Wasserman, Bruce A ^b   Tong, Weijing ^b   Chen, Shaoguang ^b   Lai, Shenghan ^b   Malhotra, Saurabh ^c   Lai, Hong ^b  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Cholesterol; Lipid core; Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHOLESTEROL; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84862812703     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334661     Document Type: Article

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