Is the ratio of flow-mediated dilation and shear rate a statistically sound approach to normalization in cross-sectional studies on endothelial function?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1893-1899

  Atkinson, Greg ^a   Batterham, Alan M ^d   Black, Mark A ^a   Cable, Nigel T ^a   Hopkins, Nicola D ^a   Dawson, Ellen A ^a   Thijssen, Dick H J ^a,b   Jones, Helen ^a   Tinken, Toni M ^a   Green, Daniel J ^a,c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ratios; Statistical assumptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VASODILATION;

EID: 73449092868     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00779.2009     Document Type: Article

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