Measurement of stiffness index by digital volume pulse analysis technique: Clinical utility in cardiovascular disease risk stratification

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 866-872

  Gunarathne, Ashan ^a   Patel, Jeetesh V ^a   Hughes, Elizabeth A ^a   Lip, Gregory Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGITAL VOLUME PULSE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 47749127277     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2008.207     Document Type: Article

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