Absence of age-related increase in central arterial stiffness in physically active women

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-132

  Tanaka, Hirofumi ^a   DeSouza, Christopher A ^a   Seals, Douglas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Arterial compliance; Augmentation index; Exercise; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OXYGEN;

AGING; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RIGIDITY; SITTING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TONOMETRY;

EID: 0031975620     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.18.1.127     Document Type: Article

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