Low-grade albuminuria is associated with carotid atherosclerosis in normotensive and euglycemic Chinese middle-aged and elderly adults: The Shanghai Changfeng Study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 237-242

  Ma, Hui ^a   Lin, Huandong ^a   Hofman, Albert ^b   Hu, Yu ^a   Li, Xiaoming ^a   He, Wanyuan ^a   Jeekel, Johannes ^b   Jin, Xuejuan ^a   Gao, Jian ^a   Zhao, Naiqing ^a   Gao, Xin ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerosis; Carotid intima media thickness (CIMT); Carotid plaque; Urinary albumin to creatinine ratio (UACR)

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CREATININE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINURIA; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHINESE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; WAIST HIP RATIO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALBUMINURIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHINA; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84876800532     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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