Kidney volume and albuminuria as markers of birth weight-blood pressure relationship in essential hypertension

Kidney and Blood Pressure Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 399-404

  Laganović, Mario ^a   Kuzmanić, Duko ^a   Eljković Vrkić, Tajana ^a   Pećin, Ivan ^a   Dika, Ivka ^a   Jelaković, Bojan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Albuminuria; Birth weight; Hypertension; Kidney volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; ULTRASOUND; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING;

EID: 70450203127     PISSN: 14204096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000260041     Document Type: Article

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