Metabolic syndrome and arterial stiffness: Evidence for gender disparity and early effects of non-traditional risk factors?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 935-938

  Sarafidis, Pantelis A ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTERY RESISTANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 34147180103     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32810f2dd7     Document Type: Editorial

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