Brachial artery pulse pressure and common carotid artery diameter: Mutually independent associations with mortality in subjects with a recent history of impaired glucose tolerance

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 756-763

  Van Dijk, R A J M ^a,c   Dekker, J M ^b   Nijpels, G ^b   Heine, R J ^b,c   Bouter, L M ^b   Stehouwer, C D A ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Common carotid artery diameter; Common carotid artery stiffness; Impaired glucose tolerance; Mortality; Pulse pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OSCILLOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035726213     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.2001.00884.x     Document Type: Article

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