Stiffening our resolve against adult weight gain

Hypertension

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-177

  Seals, Douglas R ^a   Gates, Phillip E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; NITRIC ACID; NORADRENALIN; PROSTACYCLIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCLEROPROTEIN; VASOACTIVE AGENT; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANEURYSM; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDITORIAL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID STORAGE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; STROKE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 13144305025     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000152199.18202.a9     Document Type: Editorial

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