Sex differences in predictors of longitudinal changes in carotid artery stiffness: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 478-484

  Stern, Rebecca ^a   Tattersall, Matthew C ^a   Gepner, Adam D ^a   Korcarz, Claudia E ^a   Kaufman, Joel ^b   Colangelo, Laura A ^c   Liu, Kiang ^c   Stein, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular diseases; carotid arteries; sex characteristics; vascular stiffness; women

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; YOUNG MODULUS; AGE; ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELASTIC MODULUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84922064410     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.114.304870     Document Type: Article

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