Increase of metabolic syndrome score is an independent determinant of increasing pulse pressure

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-70

  Moon, Jae Youn ^a   Park, Sungha ^b   Ahn, Chul Min ^b   Cho, Jung Rae ^b   Park, Chan Mi ^b   Ko, Young Guk ^b   Choi, Donghoon ^b   Jeong, Myung Ho ^a   Jang, Yangsoo ^b   Chung, Namsik ^b  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Metabolic syndrome; Metabolic syndrome scores; Pulse pressure

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PULSE PRESSURE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 41949099155     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2008.49.1.63     Document Type: Article

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