The prospective association of Chlamydia pneumoniae and four otherpathogens with development of coronary artery calcium: TheMulti-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 268-274

  Laek, Babray ^a,b   Szklo, Moyses ^a   McClelland, Robyn L ^c   Ding, Jingzhong ^d   Tsai, Michael Y ^e   Bluemke, David A ^f   Tracy, Russell ^g   Matsushita, Kunihiro ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary calcium; Infection; Pathogens

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGATSTON SCORE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CALCIUM; INFECTION; PATHOGENS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY VESSELS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 84884529840     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.07.053     Document Type: Article

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