Abdominal obesity and subclinical vascular damage in the elderly

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 333-339

  Fantin, Francesco ^a   Di Francesco, Vincenzo ^a   Rossi, Andrea ^a   Giuliano, Ketti ^a   Marino, Francesca ^a   Cazzadori, Marco ^a   Gozzoli, Maria P ^a   Vivian, Maria E ^a   Bosello, Ottavio ^a   Rajkumar, Chakravarthi ^b   Zamboni, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Elderly; Metabolic syndrome; Pulse wave velocity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; TRUNK; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 75149148692     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328333d23c     Document Type: Article

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