The age-related increase in arterial stiffness is augmented in phases according to the severity of hypertension

Hypertension Research

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 465-470

  Tomiyama, Hirofumi ^c   Arai, Tomio ^c   Koji, Yutaka ^c   Yambe, Minoru ^c   Motobe, Kohki ^c   Zaydun, Glunisa ^c   Yamamoto, Yoshio ^a   Hori, Saburoh ^b   Yamashina, Akira ^c  

^a KAJIMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Arteriosclerosis; Hypertension; Prehypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC CARE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PULSE WAVE; RIGIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; COHORT STUDIES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PULSE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 4344599092     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.27.465     Document Type: Article

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