Smoking and the renal functional status of patients should be defined clearly in order to assess atherosclerosis and metabolic syndrome

Intern Med. 2013;52(20):2389. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.52.0568.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Atherosclerosis / diagnosis*
  • Atherosclerosis / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Kidney / physiology*
  • Metabolic Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Metabolic Syndrome / epidemiology
  • Pulse Wave Analysis / methods
  • Smoking / adverse effects*
  • Smoking / epidemiology