Ethnic differences in carotid intima-media thickness between UK children of black African-Caribbean and white European origin

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1747-1754

  Whincup, Peter H ^a   Nightingale, Claire M ^a   Owen, Christopher G ^a   Rapala, Alicja ^a,b   Bhowruth, Devina J ^a,b   Prescott, Melanie H ^a,b   Ellins, Elizabeth A ^b   Donin, Angela S ^a   Masi, Stefano ^b   Rudnicka, Alicja R ^a   Sattar, Naveed ^c   Cook, Derek G ^a   Deanfield, John E ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carotid; childhood; ethnicity; intima media; thickness

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARIBBEAN REGION; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84863328395     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.644955     Document Type: Article

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