Associations between trunk, leg and total body adiposity with arterial stiffness

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1131-1137

  Lee, Miryoung ^a   Choh, Audrey C ^a   Demerath, Ellen W ^b   Towne, Bradford ^a   Siervogel, Roger M ^a   Czerwinski, Stefan A ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

arterial stiffness; blood pressure; fat patterning; hypertension; inflammatory marker; regional adipose tissue; subclinical cardiovascular disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH SENSITIVITY C REACTIVE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ASSAY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; TRUNK;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; TORSO; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84866412256     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2012.92     Document Type: Article

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