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Atherosclerosis Risk Factor
Smoking and diabetes differ in associations with atherosclerosis
March 22nd, 2004
Results from the ARIC Study indicate that smoking and diabetes differ in their associations with subclinical atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. "Atherosclerosis, nearly universally present in major arteries of Western adults, is characterized in all affected arteries by cholesterol-laden plaques and consistently associated with blood cholesterol levels. Other risk factors are reported to have relatively stronger or weaker associations with different atherosclerotic manifestations, but such differences have never previously been quantified. Measuring them may offer fresh clues to atherogenic processes and their prevention," researchers in the United States...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2004-03-22)
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