SERUM FERRITIN IS NOT A RISK FACTOR FOR EXTRACRANIAL CAROTID ARTERIAL-DISEASE IN MEN AND WOMEN AGED GREATER-THAN-OR-EQUAL-TO-60 YEARS

Authors
ARONOW WS AHN C SCHOENFELD MR
Citation
Ws. Aronow et al., SERUM FERRITIN IS NOT A RISK FACTOR FOR EXTRACRANIAL CAROTID ARTERIAL-DISEASE IN MEN AND WOMEN AGED GREATER-THAN-OR-EQUAL-TO-60 YEARS, The American journal of cardiology, 79(4), 1997, pp. 525
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
79
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)79:4<525:SFINAR>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
In a prospective study of 236 men and 568 women aged greater than or e qual to 60 years, 40% to 100% extracranial carotid arterial disease (E CAD) was present in 46 men (19%) and in 83 women (15%) (p = NS). The p ercentage of patients with increased serum ferritin levels and the mea n serum ferritin levels were not significantly different between men w ith and without 40% to 100% ECAD, or between women with and without 40 % to 100% ECAD.