Neck circumference and early stage atherosclerosis: The cardiometabolic risk in Chinese (CRC) study

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Liang, Jun ^a   Wang, Yu ^b   Li, Hongyan ^b   Liu, Xuekui ^a   Qiu, Qinqin ^b   Qi, Lu ^c,d  

^a XUZHOU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b XUZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Early stage atherosclerosis; Neck circumference; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CAROTID ARTERY DORSALIS PEDIS PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; CAROTID FEMORAL PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; CAROTID RADIAL PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; PULSE WAVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; METABOLIC DISEASES; NECK; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904078685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12933-014-0107-x     Document Type: Article

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