Vitamin C restores blood pressure and vasodilator response during mental stress in obese children

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 490-497

  Dantas, Pricilla Regina Oliveira Fernandes ^a   Lira, Fabio Alexandre dos Santos ^a   Borba, Vanessa Vieira Lopes ^a   Costa, Maria José de Carvalho ^a   Trombetta, Ivani Credidio ^b   Santos, Maria do Socorro Brasileiro ^a   Santos, Amilton da Cruz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Blood pressure; Child; Obesity; Psychological; Stress

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENTAL STRESS; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ASCORBIC ACID; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VASODILATION;

EID: 79961002503     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2011005000057     Document Type: Article

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