Suppressed Anger Is Associated With Increased Carotid Arterial Stiffness in Older Adults

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1129-1134

  Anderson, David E ^a   Metter, E Jeffrey ^a   Hougaku, Hidetaka ^b   Najjar, Samer S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; anger; arterial stiffness; blood pressure; carotid artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; ANGER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 33748054855     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2006.04.018     Document Type: Article

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