Carotid plaque calcification predicts future cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1937-1944

  De Kreutzenberg, Saula Vigili ^a   Fadini, Gian Paolo ^a,b   Guzzinati, Stefano ^c   Mazzucato, Marta ^a   Volpi, Antonio ^d   Coracina, Anna ^d   Avogaro, Angelo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b VENETIAN INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Italy)

^c VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Civile di Montebelluna   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

LIPID;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84962360980     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc15-0327     Document Type: Article

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