Impact of type A behavior on brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in Japanese

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-21

  Liu, Hongjian ^a   Saijo, Yoshifumi ^a   Zhang, Xiumin ^b   Shiraishi, Yasuyuki ^a   Luo, Yun ^a   Maruyama, Mitsuya ^a   Higa, Masaru ^a   Sekine, Kazumitsu ^a   Yambe, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Brachial ankle pulse wave velocity; Type A behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; MASS SCREENING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PULSE WAVE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TYPE A BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; PULSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TYPE A PERSONALITY;

EID: 33646192509     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.209.15     Document Type: Article

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