Cocoa intake and arterial stiffness in subjects with cardiovascular risk factors

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Recio Rodríguez, José ^a   Gómez Marcos, Manuel A ^a   Patino Alonso, María C ^b   Agudo Conde, Cristina ^a   Rodríguez Sánchez, Emiliano ^a   García Ortiz, Luis ^a  

^a Biomedical Research Institute of Salamanca IBSAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Blood pressure; Cocoa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULSE WAVE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84858148784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-11-8     Document Type: Article

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