Distribution and cross-sectional age-related increases of carotid artery intima-media thickness in young adults: The Bogalusa Heart Study

Stroke

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2782-2787

  Stein, James H ^a   Douglas, Pamela S ^a   Srinivasan, Sathanur R ^b   Bond, M Gene ^c   Tang, Rong ^c   Li, Shengxu ^b   Chen, Wei ^b   Berenson, Gerald S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular diseases; Carotid arteries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMA; MALE; NOMOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; TUNICA MEDIA;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 9444286987     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000147719.27237.14     Document Type: Article

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