Increased aortic stiffness is persistent in type 1 diabetic women: A follow-up study

Diabetologia

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 780-783

  Ahlgren, A R ^a   Astrand H ^b   Sundkvist, G ^a   Lanne T ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arterial compliance; Arterial stiffness; Arterial wall distensibility; Echo tracking sonography; Gender difference; Sex difference; Type 1 diabetes mellitus; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA INTIMA; AORTA MEDIA; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THICKNESS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AORTA; COMPLIANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 17844388639     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-005-1685-7     Document Type: Article

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