Normative values for carotid intima media thickness and its progression: Are they transferrable outside of their cohort of origin?

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1165-1173

  Liao, Ximing ^a   Norata, Giuseppe D ^b,c   Polak, Joseph F ^d   Stehouwer, Coen D A ^e   Catapano, Alberico ^b,f   Rundek, Tatjana ^g   Ezhov, Marat ^h   Sander, Dirk ^i,j   Thompson, Simon G ^k   Lorenz, Matthias W ^a   Balakhonova, Tatyana ^l   Safarova, Maya ^h   Grigore, Liliana ^c   Empana, Jean Philippe ^m   Lin, Hung Ju ⁿ   McLachlan, Stela ^o   Bokemark, Lena ^p   Ronkainen, Kimmo ^q   Schminke, Ulf ^r   Lind, Lars ^s   Willeit, Peter ^k,t   Yanez, David N ^u   Steinmetz, Helmuth ^a   Poppert, Holger ^j   Desvarieux, Moise ^v   Ikram, M Arfan ^w   Johnsen, Stein Harald ^x,y   Iglseder, Bernhard ^z,aa   Friera, Alfonsa ^ab   Xie, Wuxiang ^ac   Plichart, Matthieu ^ad   Su, Ta Chen ⁿ   Srinivasan, Sathanur R ^ae   Schmidt, Caroline ^p   Tuomainen, Tomi Pekka ^q   Völzke, Henry ^r   Nijpels, Giel ^af   Willeit, Johann ^t   Franco, Oscar H ^w   Suarez, Carmen ^ab   Zhao, Dong ^ac   Ducimetiere, Pierre ^ag   Chien, Kuo Liong ^ah   Robertson, Christine ^o   Bergström, Göran ^p   Kauhanen, Jussi ^q   Dörr, Marcus ^r,ai   Dekker, Jaqueline M ^aj   Kiechl, Stefan ^t   Sitzer, Matthias ^a,ak   Bickel, Horst ^j   Sacco, Ralph L ^g   Hofman, Albert ^w   Mathiesen, Ellisiv B ^x,y   Gabriel, Rafael ^al   Liu, Jing ^ac   Berenson, Gerald ^am   Kavousi, Maryam ^w   Price, Jackie F ^o   more..

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Bassini Hospital   (Italy)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL CARDIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ Department of Neurology   (Germany)

^j TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^l Cardiology Research Centre2   (Russian Federation)

^m PARIS CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

ⁿ NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^o UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^q UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^r UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^s UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^t INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^u UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^v University of Washington ^*  (United States)

^w ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^x UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^y UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^z Parcelsus Medical University   (Austria)

^aa Christian Doppler Klinik   (Austria)

^ab HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^ac CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^ad Paris Descartes University   (France)

^ae Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health   (United States)

^af VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^ag UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^ah NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^ai DZHK GERMAN CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH   (Germany)

^aj ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^ak Klinikum Herford   (Germany)

^al HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^am TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

cardiovascular risk; ethnicity; geographic; hazard ratio; Intima media thickness; normal value

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ASIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; GLOBAL HEALTH; INCIDENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84978933915     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487315625543     Document Type: Article

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