Carotid stiffness in young adults: A life-course analysis of its early determinants: The Amsterdam growth and health longitudinal study

Hypertension

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-61

  Ferreira, Isabel ^a,b,c   Van De Laar, Roel J ^a,c   Prins, Martin H ^a,b   Twisk, Jos W ^d   Stehouwer, Coen D ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Technology Assessment   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adolescence; arterial stiffness; carotid artery; life course; risk factors; young adults

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID STIFFNESS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIPIDS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREHYPERTENSION; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83655184760     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.110.156109     Document Type: Article

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