Increased arterial stiffness in remote Indigenous Australians with high risk of cardiovascular disease

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 585-591

  Maple Brown, Louise J ^a,b   Piers, Leonard S ^a,c   O'Rourke, Michael F ^b,d   Celermajer, David S ^e   O'Dea, Kerin ^a,f  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Arterial stiffness; Augmentation index; Central obesity; Pulse wave velocity; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HOMOCYSTEINE; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SMOKING; TONOMETRY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 33846809075     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328011f766     Document Type: Article

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