Influence of leptin, adiponectin, and resistin on the association between abdominal adiposity and arterial stiffness

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 501-507

  Windham, B Gwen ^a   Griswold, Michael E ^b   Farasat, S Morteza ^c   Ling, Shari M ^d   Carlson, Olga ^e   Egan, Josephine M ^e   Ferrucci, Luigi ^d   Najjar, Samer S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Blood pressure; Elasticity; Epidemiology; Hypertension; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; LEPTIN; RESISTIN;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ADIPONECTIN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESISTIN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77951102899     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2010.8     Document Type: Article

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