Increased arterial stiffness weakens the relationship between wave reflection and the central pressure indexes in men younger than 60 years of age

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 881-886

  Odaira, Mari ^a   Tomiyama, Hirofumi ^a   Hashimoto, Hideki ^b   Kojima, Iwao ^c   Matsumoto, Chisa ^a   Yoshida, Masanobu ^a   Shiina, Kazuki ^a   Nagata, Mikio ^d   Miyawaki, Yoshinori ^c   Yamashina, Akira ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Omron Healthcare Co   (Japan)

^d KAJIMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

aging; blood pressure; central blood pressure; hypertension; pressure wave reflection arterial stiffness

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; ESTRONE GLUCURONIDE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE RATE; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 79960562792     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2011.56     Document Type: Article

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