Intima-media thickness and diameter of carotid and femoral arteries in children, adolescents and adults from the Stanislas cohort: Effect of age, sex, anthropometry and blood pressure

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1593-1602

  Sass, Catherine ^a   Herbeth, Bernard ^a   Chapet, Olivier ^b   Siest, Gérard ^a   Visvikis, Sophie ^a   Zannad, Faiez ^b  

^a Centre de Medecine Preventive   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Adult; Age factors; Blood pressure; Carotid arteries; Child; Diameter; Femoral arteries; Intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; INTIMA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0031736523     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199816110-00005     Document Type: Article

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