Sex-specific association of age with carotid artery distensibility: Multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 516-520

  Vaidya, Dhananjay ^a   Heckbert, Susan R ^b   Wasserman, Bruce A ^a   Ouyang, Pamela ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY DISTENSIBILITY; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862237412     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2011.3220     Document Type: Article

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