Effect of Menopausal Status on Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Presence of Carotid Plaque in Chinese Women Generation Population

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zhou, Yong ^a,b   Wang, Dandan ^a,b   Yang, Xin ^c   Wang, Anxin ^a,b   Gao, Xiang ^d,e   Guo, Yuming ^f   Wu, Shouling ^g   Zhao, Xingquan ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN DISORDERS   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g Kailuan Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84951046961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08076     Document Type: Article

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