@article{oai:nagasaki-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00014486,
 author = {Sekitani, Yui and Hayashida, Naomi and Kadota, Koichiro and Yamasaki, Hironori and Abiru, Norio and Nakazato, Mio and Maeda, Takahiro and Ozono, Yoshiyuki and Takamura, Noboru},
 issue = {5},
 journal = {Biomarkers : biochemical indicators of exposure, response, and susceptibility to chemicals},
 month = {Aug},
 note = {OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association with white blood cells (WBC) and atherosclerotic parameters including cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in the general population. METHODS: We investigated the relationship between WBC count and metabolic syndrome components, CAVI and CIMT in 3738 Japanese study participants. RESULTS: WBC count weakly correlated with CAVI in men (beta = 0.61, p = 0.043), but not in women (beta = 0.35, p = 0.17). On the other hand, WBC did not correlate with CIMT in either men or women (p = 0.41 and p = 0.71, respectively). CONCLUSION: WBC count was associated with lipids, blood pressure and body mass index, although the correlations with CAVI and CIMT were weak or absent., Biomarkers, 15(5), pp.454-460; 2010},
 pages = {454--460},
 title = {White blood cell count and cardiovascular biomarkers of atherosclerosis.},
 volume = {15},
 year = {2010}
}