Open AccessPredictors of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Women With Spinal Cord Injury
Author(s) -
Yaga Szlachcic,
Rodney H. Adkins,
Jamie Reiter,
Florence Yee,
Sylvia J. Shaw,
Howard N. Hodis
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1945-5763
pISSN - 1082-0744
DOI - 10.1310/sci2002-90
Subject(s) - medicine , subclinical infection , spinal cord injury , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , cardiology , spinal cord , psychiatry
Chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) is associated with an increase in risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). In the general population, atherosclerosis in women occurs later than in men and usually presents differently. Associations between risk factors and incidence of CVD have not been studied in women with SCI.
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