Associations of plasma homocysteine levels with arterial stiffness in prehypertensive individuals

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 411-417

  Kim, Byung Jin ^a   Seo, Mihae ^a   Huh, Jung Kwon ^a   Kwon, Chang Hee ^a   Kim, Jung Tae ^b   Sung, Ki Chul ^a   Kim, Bum Soo ^a   Kang, Jin Ho ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Blood pressure; Homocysteine; Prehypertension; Pulse wave velocity (PWV)

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREHYPERTENSION; PULSE WAVE; SMOKING;

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREHYPERTENSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 80053250105     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: 15256006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641963.2010.549274     Document Type: Article

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