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SUBMITTER: Arnold M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6761650 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Arnold Matthew M Linden Andrew A Clarke Robert R Guo Yu Y Du Huaidong H Bian Zheng Z Wan Eric E Yang Meng M Wang Liang L Chen Yuexin Y Chen Jianwei J Long Huajun H Gu Qijun Q Collins Rory R Li Liming L Chen Zhengming Z Parish Sarah S
Journal of the American Heart Association 20190731 15
Background Lean body mass has been identified as a key determinant of left ventricular mass and wall thickness. However, the importance of lean body mass or other body-size measures as normative determinants of carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT), a widely used early indicator of atherosclerosis, has not been well established. Methods and Results Carotid artery ultrasound measurements of cIMT and carotid artery plaque burden (derived from plaque number and maximum size) and measurements of bod ...[more]