High-density lipoprotein cholesterol and vascular stiffness at baseline in the activity counseling trial

被引:15
作者
Havlik, RJ
Brock, D
Lohman, K
Haskell, W
Snell, P
O'Toole, M
Ribisl, P
Vaitkevicius, P
Spurgeon, HA
Lakatta, EG
Pullen, P
机构
[1] NIA, Epidemiol Demog & Biometry Program, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
[2] Wake Forest Univ, Bowman Gray Sch Med, ACT Coordinating Ctr, Winston Salem, NC USA
[3] Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[4] Univ Texas, SW Med Ctr, Cooper Inst Aerob Res, Dallas, TX USA
[5] St Louis Univ, Sch Med, St Louis, MO USA
[6] Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Dept Geriatr, Baltimore, MD USA
[7] NIA, Gerontol Res Ctr, Baltimore, MD 21224 USA
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10.1016/S0002-9149(00)01282-0
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
In a middle-aged patient population, age was associated with stiffer vessels and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol with more elastic vessels. High-density lipoprotein cholesterol may be an indirect indicator of aerobic capacity or of less atherosclerosis, suggesting mechanisms for preserving vascular integrity.
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