Burden of carotid artery atherosclerosis in Chinese adults: Implications for future risk of cardiovascular diseases

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 647-656

  Clarke, Robert ^a   Du, Huaidong ^a,b   Kurmi, Om ^a   Parish, Sarah ^a,b   Yang, Meng ^c   Arnold, Matthew ^a   Guo, Yu ^d   Bian, Zheng ^d   Wang, Liang ^c   Chen, Yuexin ^c   Meijer, Rudy ^e   Sansome, Sam ^a   McDonnell, John ^a   Collins, Rory ^a   Li, Liming ^d,f   Chen, Zhengming ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^d PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid intima media thickness; Plaques

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; INCIDENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85018687946     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487317689973     Document Type: Article

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