Open AccessRisk Scores Predict Atherosclerotic Lesions in Young People
Author(s) -
C. Alex McMahan,
Samuel S. Gidding,
Zahi A. Fayad,
Arthur W. Zieske,
Gray T. Malcom,
Richard E. Tracy,
Jack P. Strong,
Henry C. McGill
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.165.8.883
Subject(s) - medicine , abdominal aorta , cardiology , aorta , odds ratio , coronary arteries , autopsy , abdominal obesity , confidence interval , coronary atherosclerosis , coronary artery disease , framingham risk score , disease , artery , obesity , waist
Atherosclerosis begins in childhood and progresses through young adulthood to form the lesions that cause coronary heart disease. These preclinical lesions are associated with coronary heart disease risk factors in young persons.
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