Characteristics of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in Japanese children

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 165, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 625-629

  Niboshi, Ayumi ^a   Hamaoka, Kenji ^a   Sakata, Koichi ^a   Inoue, Fumio ^b  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Arterial stiffness; Children; Gender; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANKLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33746488805     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-006-0135-y     Document Type: Article

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