Gender-specific effect of metabolic syndrome on rate adjusted QT interval in middle-aged participants of an atherosclerosis prevention program

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 119, Issue 17-18, 2007, Pages 544-552

  Strohmer, Bernhard ^a   Schernthaner, Christiana ^a   Iglseder, Bernhard ^a   Paulweber, Bernhard ^a   Pichler, Maximilian ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Gender; Heart rate; Metabolic syndrome; QT interval

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; QT INTERVAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUSTRIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 35548968449     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-007-0840-1     Document Type: Article

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