The effect of aging on the association between coronary heart disease risk factors and carotid intima media thickness: An analysis of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) cohort

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 441-446

  Pursnani, Seema ^a   Diener West, Marie ^a   Sharrett, A Richey ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid intima media thickness; Coronary heart disease; Diabetes mellitus; Hypercholesterolemia; Hypertension; Obesity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGING; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896268863     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.12.046     Document Type: Article

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