Menopause and the characteristics of the large arteries in a population study

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 511-518

  Staessen, J A ^a   Van Der Heijden Spek, J J ^b   Safar, M E ^c   Den Hond, E ^a   Gasowski, J ^a   Fagard, R H ^a   Wang, J G ^a   Boudier, H A Struijker ^b   Van Bortel, L M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

Author keywords

Aorta; Arterial compliance; Arterial diameter; Arterial distensibility; Menopause; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING HABIT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PULSE; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0034882007     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001226     Document Type: Article

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