Journal article
Clustering of cardiovascular risk factors and carotid intima-media thickness: The USE-IMT study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The relation of a single risk factor with atherosclerosis is established. Clinically we know of risk factor clustering within individuals. Yet, studies into the magnitude of the relation of risk factor clusters with atherosclerosis are limited. Here, we assessed that relation.
METHODS: Individual participant data from 14 cohorts, involving 59,025 individuals were used in this cross-sectional analysis. We made 15 clusters of four …
Authors
Wang X; Dalmeijer GW; Ruijter HMD; Anderson TJ; Britton AR; Dekker J; Engström G; Evans GW; de Graaf J; Grobbee DE
Journal
PLOS ONE, Vol. 12, No. 3,
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0173393
ISSN
1932-6203