Central but not peripheral fat mass percentage is associated with blood pressure components in the elderly

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 534-540

  Van Dijk, Suzanne ^a   Van den Meiracker, Anton ^a   Van der Cammen, Tischa ^a   Mattace Raso, Francesco ^a   Van der Velde, Nathalie ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aortic augmentation index; Blood pressure components; Elderly; Fat mass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CENTRAL FAT MASS PERCENTAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MALE; PERIPHERAL FAT MASS PERCENTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TONOMETRY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIAL ARTERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84863992366     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs056     Document Type: Article

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