American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 10 , Pages 1411-1416, 15 May 2009

Relation of Adiponectin and High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein to Pulse-Wave Velocity and N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in the General Population

  • Shih-Hsien Sung, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Shao-Yuan Chuang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Wayne Huey-Herng Sheu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Wen-Jane Lee, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Research and Education, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Pesus Chou, DPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Community Medicine Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Chen-Huan Chen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Department of Research and Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Department of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 866-2-2871-2121, ext. 2073; fax: 886-2-2871-7431

Received 10 November 2008; received in revised form 21 January 2009; accepted 21 January 2009. published online 03 April 2009.

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 This work was supported by serial Grants No. NSC 92-2320-B-010-058; NSC 93-2314-B-010-040; and NSC 94-2314-B-010-058 from the National Science Council; intramural Grant No.93-198C from the Taipei Veterans General Hospital; and Grants-in-Aid No. 91-02-032 and 93-02-014 from the Research Foundation of Cardiovascular Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.

PII: S0002-9149(09)00475-5

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.01.355

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 10 , Pages 1411-1416, 15 May 2009

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