Overweight body mass index classification modifies arterial stiffening associated with weight gain in healthy middle-aged Japanese men

Hypertension Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1087-1092

  Yamada, Jiko ^a   Tomiyama, Hirofumi ^a   Matsumoto, Chisa ^a   Yoshida, Masanobu ^a   Koji, Yutaka ^a   Shiina, Kazuki ^a   Nagata, Mikio ^b   Yamashina, Akira ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAJIMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Obesity; Overweight; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PULSE WAVE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BODY MASS INDEX; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 48349147920     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.31.1087     Document Type: Article

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