Central pulse wave velocity is responsible for increased brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in subclinical hypothyroidism

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 304-308

  Nagasaki, Toshiki ^a   Inaba, Masaaki ^a   Kumeda, Yasuro ^a   Hiura, Yoshikazu ^a   Yamada, Shinsuke ^a   Shirakawa, Kumi ^a   Ishimura, Eiji ^a   Nishizawa, Yoshiki ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANKLE; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846245020     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2006.02730.x     Document Type: Article

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