Leptin and endothelial function in the elderly: The Prospective Investigation of the Vasculature in Uppsala Seniors (PIVUS) study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 485-490

  Gonzalez, Manuel ^a   Lind, Lars ^b   Söderberg, Stefan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Elderly; Endothelium; Leptin; Vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; GLUCOSE; LEPTIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; ELDERLY CARE; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND; VASCULARIZATION; VASODILATATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; LEPTIN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84878108258     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.03.018     Document Type: Article

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