Segment-specific carotid intima-media thickness and cardiovascular risk factors in Koreans: The Healthy Twin Study

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1161-1172

  Lee, Kayoung ^a   Sung, Joohon ^b   Lee, Sang Cheol ^c   Park, Seung Woo ^c   Kim, Youn Sic ^b   Lee, Joo Yeon ^b   Ebrahim, Shah ^d   Song, Yun Mi ^c  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; carotid intima medial thickness; genetic variation; risk factor

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTENDED FAMILY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INHERITANCE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TWINS;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 84870911525     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741826711422763     Document Type: Article

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