Plasma level of homocysteine is correlated to extracranial carotid-artery atherosclerosis in non-hypertensive Japanese

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 371-377

  Okamura, Tomonori ^a   Kitamura, Akihiko ^a   Moriyama, Yuri ^b   Lmano, Hironori ^a   Sato, Shinichi ^a   Terao, Atushi ^c   Naito, Yoshihiko ^a   Nakagawa, Yuko ^a   Kiyama, Masahiko ^a   Tamura, Yoshitaka ^a   Iida, Minoru ^a   Suzuki, Hideyoshi ^b   Komachi, Yoshio ^d  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Kochi Prefectural Institute of Public Health   (Japan)

^c Kochi Prefectural Chuohigashi Health Center   (Japan)

^d OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

carotid artery; homocysteine; hypertension; intima media thickening

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIPIDS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 84992904106     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/204748739900600603     Document Type: Article

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