Cardiovascular risk factors and nutritional intake are not associated with ultrasound-defined increased carotid intima media thickness in individuals without a history of cardiovascular events

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1412-1421

  Azarpazhooh, Mahmoud Reza ^a   Kazemi Bajestani, Seyyed Mohammad Reza ^b   Esmaeili, Habib ^a   Vedadian, Payam ^a   Ebrahimi, Mahmoud ^b   Parizadeh, Seyyed Mohammad Reza ^a   Heidari Bakavoli, Ali Reza ^b   Moohebati, Mohsen ^b   Safarian, Mohammad ^a   Mokhber, Naghmeh ^c   Nematy, Mohsen ^a   Mazidi, Mohsen ^a   Ferns, Gorden A ^d   Ghayour Mehrabani, Majid ^a,b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid artery atherosclerosis; Duplex ultrasound; Intima media thickness; Nutritional intake; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84914155353     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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