Does conduit artery diameter vary according to the anthropometric characteristics of children or men?

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Hopkins, N D ^a   Green, D J ^a,b   Tinken, T M ^a   Sutton, L ^a   McWhannell, N ^a   Thijssen, D H J ^a,c   Cable, N T ^a   Stratton, G ^a   George, K ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOMETRY; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHILD; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72249111960     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00228.2009     Document Type: Article

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