Endothelial function does not relate to haemoglobin or serum erythropoietin concentrations and these do not explain the gender difference in endothelial function in healthy middle-aged men and women

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 225-230

  Tilling, Lindsey ^a   Hunt, Joanne ^a   Jiang, Benyu ^a   Sanders, Thomas A B ^b   Clapp, Brian ^c   Chowienczyk, Philip ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Flow mediated dilation; Nitric oxide; Oestrogen

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FLOW MEDIATED VASODILATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND; VASODILATATION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VASODILATION;

EID: 84873990429     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eci.12033     Document Type: Article

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