Coronary heart disease risk factors, coronary artery calcification and epicardial fat volume in the Young Finns Study

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1256-1263

  Hartiala, Olli ^a   Magnussen, Costan G ^a,b   Bucci, Marco ^c   Kajander, Sami ^c   Knuuti, Juhani ^c   Ukkonen, Heikki ^c   Saraste, Antti ^c   Rinta Kiikka, Irina ^d   Kainulainen, Sakari ^e   Kähönen, Mika ^f   Hutri Kähönen, Nina ^f   Laitinen, Tomi ^e   Lehtimäki, Terho ^f   Viikari, Jorma S A ^c   Hartiala, Jaakko ^c   Juonala, Markus ^a,c,g   Raitakari, Olli T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^g MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery calcium; Epicardial fat; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL FAT VOLUME; EPICARDIUM; FAT MASS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FINLAND; PERICARDIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDIUM; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84948659034     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jev085     Document Type: Article

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