Sex differences of carotid intima-media thickness in healthy children and adolescents

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 458-463

  Böhm, Birgit ^a   Hartmann, Kerstin ^a   Buck, Martin ^a   Oberhoffer, Renate ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Children; Intima media thickness; Reference values; Sex differences; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 70349416590     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.03.016     Document Type: Article

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