Comparison of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in Japanese and Russians

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 263-270

  Liu, Hongjian ^b   Yambe, Tomoyuki ^b   Zhang, Xiumin ^a   Saijo, Yoshifumi ^b   Shiraishi, Yasuyuki ^b   Sekine, Kazumitsu ^b   Maruyama, Mitsuya ^b   Kovalev, Yuri A ^c   Milyagina, Irina A ^c   Milyagin, Viktor A ^c   Nitta, Shinichi ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SMOLENSK STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Brachial ankle pulse wave velocity; Japanese; Russians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSE WAVE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA;

EID: 29144482769     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.207.263     Document Type: Article

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