Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with reduced arterial stiffness in older adults: The Rotterdam Study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1479-1483

  Mattace Raso, Francesco U S ^a   Van Der Cammen, Tischa J M ^a   Van Den Elzen, Annette P M ^a   Schalekamp, Maarten A D H ^a   Asmar, Roland ^b   Reneman, Robert S ^c   Hoeks, Arnold P G ^c   Hofman, Albert ^a   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Cardiovascular Institute   (France)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GENDER; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE;

EID: 29144435056     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/60.11.1479     Document Type: Article

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