Gender influences endothelial-dependent arterial dilatation via arterial size in youth

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 327, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 305-309

  Kapuku, Gaston K ^a   Treiber, Frank A ^a   Hartley, Bryan ^a   Ludwig, David A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Gender; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CUFF; DISEASE MARKER; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HEMODYNAMICS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOLOGY; THICKNESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942666521     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200406000-00001     Document Type: Article

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