Adjusting for brachial artery diameter in the analysis of flow-mediated dilatation: Pitfalls of a landmark paper?

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 277-279

  Woodman, Richard J ^a   Mangoni, Arduino A ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ANCOVA; Arterial remodelling; Causal effects; Flow mediated dilatation; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; BODY SIZE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FLOW MEDIATED DILATATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATION;

EID: 84876793834     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.01.005     Document Type: Letter

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