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SUBMITTER: Vishnu A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5998331 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vishnu Abhishek A Choo Jina J Kadota Aya A Barinas-Mitchell Emma J M EJM Fujiyoshi Akira A Long Dorothy Leann DL Hisamatsu Takashi T Ahuja Vasudha V Nakamura Yasuyuki Y Evans Rhobert W RW Miura Katsuyuki K Masaki Kamal H KH Shin Chol C Ueshima Hirotsugu H Sekikawa Akira A
International journal of cardiology 20180901
<h4>Background</h4>Carotid plaque has emerged as a marker of coronary heart disease (CHD) risk. Comparison of carotid plaque burden between different race/ethnic groups may provide a relative estimate of their future CHD risk.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a population-based study among apparently healthy middle-aged men aged 40-49 years (ERA JUMP study (n = 924)) and recruited 310 Whites in Pittsburgh, US, 313 Japanese in Otsu, Japan, and 301 Koreans in Ansan, South Korea. The number of carotid p ...[more]