Aortic Augmentation Index Is Inversely Associated With Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Men Without Known Coronary Heart Disease

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1019-1024

  Binder, Josepha ^a   Bailey, Kent R ^a   Seward, James B ^a   Squires, Ray W ^a   Kunihiro, Takamu ^a   Hensrud, Donald D ^a   Kullo, Iftikhar J ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic augmentation index fitness; arterial stiffness; cardiorespiratory fitness; wave reflection

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AORTIC AUGMENTATION INDEX; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SCREENING; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TONOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 33749256640     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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