Ideal Cardiovascular Health Metrics on the Prevalence of Asymptomatic Intracranial Artery Stenosis: A Cross-Sectional Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Qian ^a,b   Zhang, Shufeng ^a,b   Wang, Chunxue ^a   Gao, Xiang ^c,d   Zhou, Yong ^a   Zhou, Heng ^a   Wang, Anxin ^a   Wu, Jianwei ^a   Bian, Liheng ^a   Wu, Shouling ^e   Zhao, Xingquan ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE PEOPLE'S ARMED POLICE FORCES   (China)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Kailuan Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IDEAL CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH METRIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METRIC SYSTEM; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874908523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058923     Document Type: Article

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