Endogenous sex hormones and subclinical atherosclerosis in middle-aged and older men

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 574-576

  Brand, Judith S ^a   Den Ouden, Marjolein E M ^a   Schuurmans, Marieke J ^a,b   Bots, Michiel L ^a   Van Der Schouw, Yvonne T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carotid intima media thickness; Plaque score; Pulse wave velocity; Sex hormones; Subclinical atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSDUCER;

CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; PLAQUE SCORE; PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; SEX HORMONES; SUBCLINICAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84883800794     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.01.242     Document Type: Article

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