Indices of vascular stiffness and wave reflection in relation to body mass index or body fat in healthy subjects

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1005-1009

  Wykretowicz, Andrzej ^a   Adamska, Karolina ^a   Guzik, Przemyslaw ^a   Krauze, Tomasz ^a   Wysocki, Henryk ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Augmentation index; Bioimpedance; Body fatness; Body mass index; Digital volume pulse; Wave reflection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSE PRESSURE; TONOMETRY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSELS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONUS; OBESITY;

EID: 34547984271     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2007.04666.x     Document Type: Article

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