Obese children show increased intimal wall thickness and decreased pulse wave velocity

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 287-293

  Dangardt, Frida ^a   Osika, Walter ^a   Volkmann, Reinhard ^a   Gan, Li Ming ^a   Friberg, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Children; Intima Media thickness; Obesity; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERY; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DORSAL PEDAL ARTERY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VASODILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIAL ARTERY; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASODILATION;

EID: 49849083869     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2008.00806.x     Document Type: Article

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