Update on the NCEP ATP-III emerging cardiometabolic risk factors

BMC Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Eckel, Robert H ^a   Cornier, Marc Andre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein B; C reactive protein; Homocysteine; Lipoprotein (a)

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPOPROTEIN A; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUBCLINICAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; ADULT; BLOOD; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK REDUCTION;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84928799086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-12-115     Document Type: Review

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