Blood pressure and carotid artery intima-media thickness in children and adolescents: The role of obesity

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-47

  Stabouli, Stella ^a,b   Kotsis, Vasilios ^b   Karagianni, Christina ^c   Zakopoulos, Nikos ^c   Konstantopoulos, Andreas ^d  

^a Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d IASO   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Atherosclerosis; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY;

EID: 84856289593     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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