Cholesterol Is Associated with the Presence of a Lipid Core in Carotid Plaque of Asymptomatic, Young-to-Middle-Aged African Americans with and without HIV Infection and Cocaine Use Residing in Inner-City Baltimore, Md., USA | Zendy

Jie-fu Du | Zendy; Bruce A. Wasserman | Zendy; Weijing Tong | Zendy; Shaoguang Chen | Zendy; Shenghan Lai | Zendy; Saurabh Malhotra | Zendy; Hong Lai | Zendy

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Cholesterol Is Associated with the Presence of a Lipid Core in Carotid Plaque of Asymptomatic, Young-to-Middle-Aged African Americans with and without HIV Infection and Cocaine Use Residing in Inner-City Baltimore, Md., USA

Author(s) -

Jie-fu Du,

Bruce A. Wasserman,

Weijing Tong,

Shaoguang Chen,

Shenghan Lai,

Saurabh Malhotra,

Hong Lai

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

cerebrovascular diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221

H-Index - 104

eISSN - 1421-9786

pISSN - 1015-9770

DOI - 10.1159/000334661

Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , core (optical fiber) , cholesterol , inner core , cardiology , immunology , materials science , geophysics , composite material , geology

Stroke remains a leading cause of death in the United States. While stroke-related mortality in the USA has declined over the past decades, stroke death rates are still higher for blacks than for whites, even at younger ages. The purpose of this study was to estimate the frequency of a lipid core and explore risk factors for its presence in asymptomatic, young-to-middle-aged urban African American adults recruited from inner-city Baltimore, Md., USA.

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