The ambulatory arterial stiffness index is not affected by night-time blood pressure characteristics

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 680-682

  Vincenti, M ^a   von Vigier, R O ^a   Wuhl E ^b   Mohaupt, M G ^a,c   Simonetti, G D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMBULATORY ARTERIAL STIFFNESS INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BODY MASS; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70349440906     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2009.25     Document Type: Article

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