Artery remodeling and abdominal adiposity in nonobese postmenopausal women

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1022-1024

  Montalcini, T ^a   Gorgone, G ^a   Garzaniti, A ^b   Gazzaruso, C ^b   Pujia, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b Clinical Institute Beato Matteo   (Italy)

Author keywords

abdominal obesity; artery remodeling; postmenopausal women; waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE; ANGIOGENESIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 77956342867     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2010.131     Document Type: Article

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