Sex-specific association of anthropometric measures of body composition with arterial stiffness in a healthy population

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Budimir, Danijela ^a   Jeroncic, Ana ^a   Gunjaca, Grgo ^a   Rudan, Igor ^a   Polasek, Ozren ^a   Boban, Mladen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Anthropometric measurements; Arterial stiffness; Augmentation index; BMI; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMENOPAUSE; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 84857016922     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.882457     Document Type: Article

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