Ethnicity and arterial stiffness in Brazil

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 278-284

  De Lima Santos, Paulo Caleb Júnior ^a   De Oliveira Alvim, Rafael ^a   Ferreira, Noely Evangelista ^a   De Sá Cunha, Roberto ^b   Krieger, José Eduardo ^a   Mill, José Geraldo ^b   Pereira, Alexandre Costa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

arterial compliance; blood pressure; Brazilian Amerindian; ethnicity; hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 79951678179     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2010.244     Document Type: Article

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