Association of breast arterial calcifications, metabolic syndrome, and the 10-year coronary heart disease risk: A cross-sectional case-control study

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 625-630

  Bae, Mi Jin ^a   Lee, Sang Yeoup ^a,b   Kim, Yun Jin ^a   Lee, Jeong Gyu ^a   Jeong, Dong Wook ^a   Yi, Yu Hyeon ^a   Cho, Young Hye ^a   Choi, Eun Jung ^a   Choo, Ki Seok ^b  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST ARTERIAL CALCIFICATION; BREAST CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84880115306     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2012.4148     Document Type: Article

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