Increased prevalence of coronary artery disease risk markers in patients with chronic hepatitis C - a cross-sectional study

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-61

  Roed, Torsten ^a   Kristoffersen, Ulrik Sloth ^b   Knudsen, Andreas ^a,b   Wiinberg, Niels ^c   Lebech, Anne Mette ^a   Almdal, Thomas ^d   Thomsen, Reimar W ^e   Kjær, Andreas ^b   Weis, Nina ^a,b  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Biomarkers; Endothelial dysfunction; Intima media thickness; Metabolic syndrome; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; GELATINASE B; HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MYELOPEROXIDASE; TISSUE TYPE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMARKERS; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; METABOLIC SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LIPIDS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84893087761     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: 11782048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/VHRM.S53557     Document Type: Article

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