Impact of age and sex on carotid and peripheral arterial wall thickness in humans

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 220-228

  van den Munckhof, I ^a   Scholten, R ^a   Cable, N T ^b   Hopman, M T E ^a   Green, D J ^b,c   Thijssen, D H J ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Arterial remodelling; Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Wall lumen ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868211751     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2012.02457.x     Document Type: Article

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