Impact of mean arterial blood pressure on higher arterial stiffness indices in South Asians compared to white Europeans

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1420-1426

  Gunarathne, Ashan ^a   Patel, Jeetesh V ^a   Gammon, Brian ^a   Hughes, Elizabeth A ^a   Lip, Gregory Yh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Cardiovascular risk; Ethnicity; Mean arterial pressure; South Asian

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; ARTERY; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELASTICITY; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ARTERIES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPLIANCE; CORONARY DISEASE; ELASTICITY; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

EID: 54449101191     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3282ffb42a     Document Type: Article

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