Triglyceride to HDL-C ratio and increased arterial stiffness in children, adolescents, and young adults

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Urbina, Elaine M ^a   Khoury, Philip R ^a   McCoy, Connie E ^a   Dolan, Lawrence M ^a   Daniels, Stephen R ^b   Kimball, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Dyslipidemia; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BRACHIAL DISTENSIBILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID FEMORAL PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; TRIGLYCERIDE HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

EID: 84875967903     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-1726     Document Type: Article

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