Cigarette Smoking Exacerbates the Adverse Effects of Age and Metabolic Syndrome on Subclinical Atherosclerosis: The Bogalusa Heart Study

Shengxu Li; Miaoying Yun; Camilo Fernandez; Jihua Xu; Sathanur R. Srinivasan; Wei Chen; Gerald S. Berenson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0096368

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Cigarette Smoking Exacerbates the Adverse Effects of Age and Metabolic Syndrome on Subclinical Atherosclerosis: The Bogalusa Heart Study

Shengxu Li ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shengxu Li, Miaoying Yun

* E-mail: sli10@tulane.edu

Affiliation Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health and Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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Miaoying Yun ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shengxu Li, Miaoying Yun

Affiliations Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health and Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, College of Life and Environment Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China
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Camilo Fernandez,

Affiliation Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health and Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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Jihua Xu,

Affiliation Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health and Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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Sathanur R. Srinivasan,

Affiliation Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health and Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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Wei Chen,

Affiliation Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health and Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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Gerald S. Berenson

Affiliation Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health and Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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Cigarette Smoking Exacerbates the Adverse Effects of Age and Metabolic Syndrome on Subclinical Atherosclerosis: The Bogalusa Heart Study

Shengxu Li,
Miaoying Yun,
Camilo Fernandez,
Jihua Xu,
Sathanur R. Srinivasan,
Wei Chen,
Gerald S. Berenson

Published: May 2, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096368

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