Gender-specific differences in carotid intima-media thickness and its progression over three years: A multicenter European study

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 151-158

  Kozakova M ^a   Palombo, C ^a   Morizzo, C ^a   Nolan, J J ^b   Konrad, T ^c   Dekker, J M ^d   Balkau, B ^e   Nilsson, P M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c Institute fur Stoffwechselforschung   (Germany)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carotid ultrasound; Gender; Menopause; Risk factors; Vascular ageing

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84873423831     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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