Open AccessRelation of smoking with carotid artery wall thickness and stenosis in older adults. The Cardiovascular Health Study. The Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) Collaborative Research Group.
Author(s) -
Grethe S. Tell,
J F Polak,
Beverly J. Ward,
Steven J. Kittner,
Peter J. Savage,
Joseph Robbins
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.90.6.2905
Subject(s) - medicine , stenosis , cardiology , population , carotid artery disease , disease , lumen (anatomy) , coronary artery disease , carotid endarterectomy , environmental health
Cigarette smoking has been associated with increased risk of atherosclerotic diseases in hospital-based studies and in studies of middle-aged populations but not in population-based studies of older adults with and without clinical cardiovascular disease.
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