Carotid artery plaque and LDL-to-HDL cholesterol ratio predict atherosclerotic status in coronary arteries in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 452-464

  Fujihara, Kazuya ^a   Suzuki, Hiroaki ^a   Sato, Akira ^a   Kodama, Satoru ^a   Heianza, Yoriko ^a   Saito, Kazumi ^a   Iwasaki, Hitoshi ^a   Kobayashi, Kazuto ^a   Yatoh, Shigeru ^a   Takahashi, Akimitsu ^a   Yamada, Nobuhiro ^a   Sone, Hirohito ^a   Shimano, Hitoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography coronary angiography; Coronary plaque; LDL to HDL cholesterol ratio; Maximum carotid intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84878395430     PISSN: 13403478     EISSN: 18803873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5551/jat.14977     Document Type: Article

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