Increased serum ferritin is common in men with essential hypertension

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1513-1518

  Piperno, Alberto ^a   Trombini, Paola ^a   Gelosa, Marisa ^a   Mauri, Viviana ^a   Pecci, Valeria ^b   Vergani, Anna ^a,c   Salvioni, Alessandra ^a   Mariani, Raffaella ^a   Mancia, Giuseppe ^a,c  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Essential hypertension; Insulin resistance syndrome; Iron overload; Metabolic disorders; Serum ferritin

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED HEPATIC IRON OVERLOAD SYNDROME; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0036668194     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200208000-00013     Document Type: Article

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