Plasma angiotensinogen concentrations in obese patients

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 629-633

  Umemura, Satoshi ^a   Nyui, Nobuo ^a   Tamura, Kouichi ^a   Hibi, Kiyoshi ^a   Yamaguchi, Satoshi ^a   Nakamaru, Masashi ^a   Ishigami, Tomoaki ^a   Yabana, MacHiko ^a   Kihara, Minoru ^a   Inoue, Shuji ^b   Ishii, Masao ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiotensinogen; Blood pressure; Body mass index; Hypertension; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOTENSIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

EID: 18544397655     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(97)00053-8     Document Type: Article

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