Elevated plasma total cholesterol level is associated with the risk of asymptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Shen, Yuan ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Wu, Jianwei ^a   Qu, Weikai ^b   Wang, Chunxue ^a   Gao, Xiang ^c,d   Zhou, Yong ^a   Wang, Anxin ^a   Wu, Shouling ^e   Zhao, Xingquan ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e HEBEI UNITED UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INTRACRANIAL ARTERIAL STENOSIS; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; AGE; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 84903788096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101232     Document Type: Article

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