Carotid extra-media thickness increases with age, but is not related to arterial stiffness in adults

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[2] Dunbar S(1986)Intimal plus medial thickness of the arterial wall: a direct measurement with ultrasound imaging Circulation 74 1399-406

[3] Pignoli P(2007)Prediction of clinical cardiovascular events with carotid intima-media thickness: a systematic review and meta-analysis Circulation 115 459-67

[4] Tremoli E(2012)Carotid intima-media thickness progression to predict cardiovascular events in the general population (the PROG-IMT collaborative project): a meta-analysis of individual participant data Lancet 379 2053-62

[5] Poli A(2011)Perivascular adipose tissue as a cause of atherosclerosis Atherosclerosis 214 3-10

[6] Oreste P(2014)Epicardial fat thickness correlates with carotid intima-media thickness, arterial stiffness, and cardiac geometry in children and adolescents Pediatr Cardiol 35 450-6

[7] Paoletti R(2009)Lymphotoxin β receptor signaling promotes tertiary lymphoid organogenesis in the aorta adventitia of aged ApoE−/− mice J Exp Med 206 233-48

[8] Lorenz M(2008)Nox4 oxidase overexpression specifically decreases endogenous Nox4 mRNA and inhibits angiotensin II–induced adventitial myofibroblast migration Hypertension 52 143-9

[9] Markus H(2005)Differential effect of experimental hypertension and hypercholesterolemia on adventitial remodeling Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 25 447-53

[10] Bots M(2011)Carotid intima-media and adventitial thickening: comparison of new and established ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging techniques Atherosclerosis 215 405-10

[1] Labarthe D(2012)Global cardiovascular health promotion and disease prevention Circulation 125 2667-76

[2] Dunbar S(1986)Intimal plus medial thickness of the arterial wall: a direct measurement with ultrasound imaging Circulation 74 1399-406

[3] Pignoli P(2007)Prediction of clinical cardiovascular events with carotid intima-media thickness: a systematic review and meta-analysis Circulation 115 459-67

[4] Tremoli E(2012)Carotid intima-media thickness progression to predict cardiovascular events in the general population (the PROG-IMT collaborative project): a meta-analysis of individual participant data Lancet 379 2053-62

[5] Poli A(2011)Perivascular adipose tissue as a cause of atherosclerosis Atherosclerosis 214 3-10

[6] Oreste P(2014)Epicardial fat thickness correlates with carotid intima-media thickness, arterial stiffness, and cardiac geometry in children and adolescents Pediatr Cardiol 35 450-6

[7] Paoletti R(2009)Lymphotoxin β receptor signaling promotes tertiary lymphoid organogenesis in the aorta adventitia of aged ApoE−/− mice J Exp Med 206 233-48

[8] Lorenz M(2008)Nox4 oxidase overexpression specifically decreases endogenous Nox4 mRNA and inhibits angiotensin II–induced adventitial myofibroblast migration Hypertension 52 143-9

[9] Markus H(2005)Differential effect of experimental hypertension and hypercholesterolemia on adventitial remodeling Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 25 447-53

[10] Bots M(2011)Carotid intima-media and adventitial thickening: comparison of new and established ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging techniques Atherosclerosis 215 405-10