Impact of age on the independent association of adiposity with pulse-wave velocity in a population sample of African ancestry

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 936-942

  Majane, Olebogeng H I ^a   Woodiwiss, Angela J ^a   Maseko, Muzi J ^a   Crowther, Nigel J ^b   Dessein, Patrick H ^a   Norton, Gavin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; TONOMETRY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 47749118705     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2008.203     Document Type: Article

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