Ethnic differences in vascular stiffness and relations to hypertensive target organ damage

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1731-1737

  Chaturvedi, Nish ^a   Bulpitt, Christopher J ^b   Leggetter, Sandra ^a   Schiff, Rebekah ^b   Nihoyannopoulos, Petros ^c   Strain, W David ^a   Shore, Angela C ^d   Rajkumar, Chakravarthi ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Care of the Elderly   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Epidemiology; Ethnic differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIGIDITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TARGET ORGAN;

EID: 4344651477     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200409000-00017     Document Type: Article

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