R Shibata, R Takahashi, Y Kataoka… - Hypertension …, 2011 - nature.com Obesity is causally linked with the development of atherosclerosis. Omentin is an adipocytokine whose concentrations are reduced in obese individuals. Here we examined the relationship between plasma omentin levels and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), a marker of ...
[HTML] from diabetesjournals.orgJF Polak, JYC Backlund, PA Cleary… - Diabetes, 2011 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 1,116 participants (52% men) in the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC) trial, a long-term follow-up of the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT), had carotid IMT measurements at EDIC years 1, ... Cited by 1 - Related articles - All 2 versions
JF Polak, MJ Pencina, DH O'Leary… - Stroke, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc Methods—We studied 5028 participants of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) comprising white, Chinese, Hispanic, and black participants free of cardiovascular disease. In this MESA IMT progression study, IMT rate of change (mm/year) was the difference in ...
R Carruthers, A Ropper… - Circulation, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc The mechanisms of dysautonomia from carotid artery dissection were discussed recently in Circulation. A case was presented of a 49-year-old woman with a history of hypertension and vasovagal syncope who developed abrupt slurred speech and left hemiplegia. 1 She had ... Related articles - All 2 versions
[HTML] from diabetesjournals.orgMF Lopes-Virella, KJ Hunt, NL Baker, J Lachin… - Diabetes, 2011 - Am Diabetes Assoc OBJECTIVE High cholesterol levels in circulating immune complexes (IC), surrogate markers of modified LDL, are associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and cardiovascular events in type 1 diabetes. Different modifications of LDL are involved in IC formation, but ... Related articles