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Effect of age, gender and cardiovascular risk factors on carotid distensibility during 6- year follow-up. The cardiovascular risk in Young Finns study 

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1 Effect of age, gender and cardiovascular risk factors on carotid distensibility during 6- year follow-up. The cardiovascular risk in Young Finns study  Juha Koskinen, Costan G. Magnussen, Jorma S.A. Viikari, Mika Kähönen, Tomi Laitinen, Nina Hutri-Kähönen, Terho Lehtimäki, Eero Jokinen, Olli T. Raitakari, Markus Juonala  Atherosclerosis  Volume 224, Issue 2, Pages (October 2012) DOI: /j.atherosclerosis Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 Carotid artery distensibility values (Mean ± SEM) in 2001 and 2007. Atherosclerosis  , DOI: ( /j.atherosclerosis ) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions

3 Fig. 2 Change in carotid arterial distensibility (Cdist) in men and women between 2001 and 2007 according to increasing number of metabolic syndrome components: waist circumference ≥102 for men and ≥88 cm for women, triglycerides ≥1.695 mmol/l, HDL-cholesterol <1.036 mmol/l in men or <1.295 mmol/l in women, blood pressure ≥130/≥85 mmHg, fasting glucose ≥5.6 mmol/l. Atherosclerosis  , DOI: ( /j.atherosclerosis ) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions


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