Associations between inflammatory markers and subclinical atherosclerosis in middle-aged white, Japanese-American and Japanese men: The ERA-JUMP study

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 590-598

  Nagasawa, Shin Ya ^a,b   Ohkubo, Takayoshi ^b,c   Masaki, Kamal ^d   Barinas Mitchell, Emma ^e   Miura, Katsuyuki ^b   Seto, Todd B ^d   El Saed, Aiman ^e   Kadowaki, Takashi ^b   Willcox, Bradley J ^d   Edmundowicz, Daniel ^f   Kadota, Aya ^b,g   Evans, Rhobert W ^e   Kadowaki, Sayaka ^b   Fujiyoshi, Akira ^b   Hisamatsu, Takashi ^b   Bertolet, Marianne H ^e   Okamura, Tomonori ^h   Nakamura, Yasuyuki ⁱ   Kuller, Lewis H ^e   Ueshima, Hirotsugu ^b   Sekikawa, Akira ^e   more..

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g OSAKA KYOIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Coronary artery calcification; Fibrinogen; Intima media thickness; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; AUTACOID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMERICAN; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA PROCESSING; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; ASIAN AMERICAN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; CALCINOSIS; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FIBRINOGEN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84931034790     PISSN: 13403478     EISSN: 18803873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5551/jat.23580     Document Type: Article

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