Central obesity and hypertension. The role of plasma endothelin

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 9, Issue 12 I, 1996, Pages 1186-1191

  Parrinello, Gaspare ^a,b   Scaglione, Rosario ^a   Pinto, Antonio ^a   Corrao, Salvatore ^a   Cecala, Mariagrazia ^a   Di Silvestre, Grazia ^a   Amato, Pietra ^a   Licata, Anna ^a   Licata, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

central fat distribution; endothelin; hypertension; obesity

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RADIONUCLIDE ANGIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030474036     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(96)00259-2     Document Type: Article

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