High leukocyte count is associated with peripheral vascular dysfunction in individuals with low cardiovascular risk

Circulation Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 780-785

  Li, Jing ^a   Flammer, Andreas J ^b   Reriani, Martin K ^b   Matsuo, Yoshiki ^b   Gulati, Rajiv ^b   Friedman, Paul A ^b   Thomas, Randal J ^b   Sandhu, Nicole P ^b   Lerman, Lilach O ^b   Lerman, Amir ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Framingham risk; Leukocyte count; Vascular function

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; VASODILATION;

EID: 84874440676     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-12-1131     Document Type: Article

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