Association of hyperviscosity and subclinical atherosclerosis in obese schoolchildren

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 164, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 639-645

  Zhu, Weihua ^a   Li, Mengxia ^a   Huang, Xianmei ^a   Neubauer, Henning ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Blood viscosity; Endothelial dysfunction; Intima media thickness; Obesity; Plasma viscosity

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OBESITY; PLASMA VISCOSITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHEAR RATE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BODY MASS INDEX; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIPIDS; MALE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASODILATION;

EID: 26444542457     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-005-1725-9     Document Type: Article

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