Arterial stiffness in 10-year-old children: Current and early determinants

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1004-1011

  Schack Nielsen, Lene ^a   Mølgaard, Christian ^a   Larsen, Dorthe ^a   Martyn, Christopher ^b   Michaelsen, Kim Fleischer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Birth weight; Breast feeding; Fat intake; Growth; Insulin; Lipid profile; Physical activity; Programming; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LIPID;

AORTA WALL; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; SCHOOL CHILD;

AORTA; ARTERIES; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BREAST FEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPIDS; MALE; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 30744449512     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20051518     Document Type: Article

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