Carotid intima-media thickness value distributions in The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 227-235

  Santos, Itamar S ^a   Bittencourt, Márcio S ^a   Oliveira, Ilka R S ^a   Souza, Angelita G ^a   Meireles, Danilo P ^a   Rundek, Tatjana ^b   Foppa, Murilo ^c   Bezerra, Daniel C ^d   Freire, Cláudia M V ^e   Roelke, Leonard H ^f   Carrilho, Sayonara ^g   Benseñor, Isabela M ^a   Lotufo, Paulo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cross sectional analysis; Intima media thickness; Nomogram; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW RISK PATIENT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOMOGRAM; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF REPORT; AGE; BLACK PERSON; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84907873345     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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