Impact of cardiovascular risk factors on carotid intima-media thickness and degree of severity: A cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Ren, Lijie ^a,b   Cai, Jingjing ^a,b   Liang, Jie ^b,c   Li, Weiping ^b   Sun, Honghua ^d  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84955443039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144182     Document Type: Article

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