Pulse pressure in youth and carotid intima-media thickness in adulthood: The cardiovascular risk in young finns study

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1519-1521

  Raitakari, Olli T ^a,b,h   Juonala, Markus ^a   Taittonen, Leena ^f   Jula, Antti ^g   Laitinen, Tomi ^d,e   Kähönen, Mika ^c   Viikari, Jorma S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^g NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid intimal medial thickness; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CHILD; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INTIMA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK FACTOR; TUNICA MEDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249083320     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.525253     Document Type: Article

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