Female gender increases stiffness of elastic but not of muscular arteries in type I diabetic patients

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 409-415

  Ryden Ahlgren A ^a   Sundkvist, G ^a   Sandgren, T ^a   Lanne T ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Distensibility; Femoral artery; Gender difference; Type 1 diabetes; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; METOPROLOL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GENDER; HEART WORK; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG MODULUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1842869267     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-097x.2002.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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