Associations of large artery structure and function with adiposity: Effects of age, gender, and hypertension. The SardiNIA Study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 189-197

  Scuteri, Angelo ^a   Orru', Marco ^b   Morrell, Christopher H ^a,c   Tarasov, Kirill ^a   Schlessinger, David ^a   Uda, Manuela ^b   Lakatta, Edward G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Arteries; Carotid intima media thickness; Obesity; Population study; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INSULIN; STATIN;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; REFERENCE VALUE; VOLUNTEER; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; VASCULAR DISEASES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857033966     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.11.045     Document Type: Article

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