Effects of hunter-gatherer subsistence mode on arterial distensibility in cameroonian pygmies

Hypertension

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-128

  Lemogoum, Daniel ^a   Ngatchou, William ^a   Janssen, Christophe ^a   Leeman, Marc ^a   Van Bortel, Luc ^a,b   Boutouyrie, Pierre ^a,c   Degaute, Jean Paul ^a   Van De Borne, Philippe ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Atherosclerosis; Augmentation index; Bantou; Lifestyle; Pulse wave velocity; Pygmies

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BANTOU FARMER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SUBURBAN AREA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRADITIONAL PYGMIES; ANIMAL; ARTERY; BLOOD; CAMEROON; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; WILD ANIMAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAMEROON; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PULSATILE FLOW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84865813739     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.187757     Document Type: Article

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