Carotid atherosclerosis and cardiovascular health metrics in old subjects from the AGES-Reykjavik study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 65-70

  Sturlaugsdottir, Ran ^a,b   Aspelund, Thor ^a,b   Bjornsdottir, Gudlaug ^a   Sigurdsson, Sigurdur ^a   Eiriksdottir, Gudny ^a   Imai, Cindy Mari ^a,b   Garcia, Melissa ^c   Launer, Lenore J ^c   Harris, Tamara B ^c   Gudnason, Vilmundur ^a,b  

^a ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular health score; Carotid arteries; Imaging

Indexed keywords

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

AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIET; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; ICELAND; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; ICELAND; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; SMOKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84937019786     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.06.043     Document Type: Article

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