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Gender-specific differences in carotid intima-media thickness and its progression over three years: a multicenter European study.
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 1 Feb 2013
Kozàkovà M, Palombo C, Morizzo C, Nolan J J, Konrad T, Dekker J M, Balkau B, Nilsson P M
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: This multicentre European study evaluated, in a young-to-middle-aged healthy population without carotid atherosclerosis, the gender-related differences in carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and its short-term (3-year) progression, and whether these differences are related to different vascular ageing rate, cardiovascular risk profile or different susceptibility to family predisposition to...
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