Elevated white blood cell count is associated with arterial stiffness

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-7

  Lee, Yong Jae ^a   Lee, Ji Won ^a   Kim, Jong Koo ^a   Lee, Jung Hyun ^a   Kim, Jin Hyun ^b   Kwon, Kil Young ^c   Lee, Hye Ree ^a   Lee, Duk Chul ^a   Shim, Jae Yong ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Eulji Medical University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Cardiovascular disease; Pulse wave velocity; White blood cell

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTERIES; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 58149203583     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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