Is arterial stiffness related to body height?

Hypertension

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Liu, Yan Ping ^a,b   Richart, Tom ^c   Li, Yan ^a   Zhan, Wei Wei ^a   Staessen, Jan A ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952950940     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.110.152553     Document Type: Letter

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