Cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations in lipoproteins as related to carotid intima-media thickness

International Heart Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-34

  Takahashi, Ryotaro ^a   Taguchi, Noriko ^a   Suzuki, Masayuki ^a   Cheng, Xian Wu ^a   Numaguchi, Yasushi ^a   Tsukamoto, Hideto ^b   Ikeda, Nobuo ^a   Murohara, Toyoaki ^a   Okumura, Kenji ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Toki Municipal General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; High performance liquid chromatography; Intima media thickness; Large low density lipoprotein cholesterol; Lipoprotein

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; JAPANESE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84863242997     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.53.29     Document Type: Article

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