Components of the metabolic syndrome, but not the metabolic syndrome per se, are associated with aortic distensibility

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 727-733

  Tentolouris, Nicholas ^a   Papazafiropoulou, Athanasia ^a   Liatis, Stavros ^a   Moyssakis, Ioannis ^b   Perrea, Despoina ^a   Soldatos, Rigas Philippos ^a   Katsilambros, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Albumin to creatinine ratio; Aortic distensibility; Aortic stiffness; Hypertension; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGE; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

AGE FACTORS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 36049003020     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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