Blood pressure and blood viscosity are not correlated in normal healthy subjects

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Vázquez, Beatriz Y Salazar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Blood viscosity; Endothelial dysfunction; Gender; Hematocrit

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEXICO; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSE PRESSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEAR STRESS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; PLASMA VISCOSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84857068537     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: 11782048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/VHRM.S27415     Document Type: Article

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