Survey of atherosclerotic disease in Asian subjects with cardiovascular disease risk factors who were not receiving lipid-lowering agents

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2761-2766

  Oh, Byung Hee ^a   Kaligis, Rinambaan W M ^b   Wang, Yongjun ^c   Punzalan, Felix Eduardo R ^d   Suwanwela, Nijasri C ^e   Nguyen, Viet Lan ^f   Lee, Tsong Hai ^g   Sim, Kui Hian ^h   Itoh, Yohji ⁱ   Bahadur, Namrata ⁱ   Leong, Joy ⁱ  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER HARAPAN KITA   (Indonesia)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^e CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f Vietnam National Heart Association   (Viet Nam)

^g CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^h UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

ⁱ ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asia; Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease risk factor; Carotid intima media thickness; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDONESIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KOREA; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN; THAILAND; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VIET NAM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885595281     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.03.132     Document Type: Article

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