Arterial function of carotid and brachial arteries in postmenopausal vegetarians

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 517-523

  Su, Ta Chen ^a   Torng, Pao Ling ^b   Jeng, Jiann Shing ^b   Chen, Ming Fong ^a   Liau, Chiau Suong ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Taipei Tzu Chi Medical University Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brachial arterial distensibility; Carotid stiffness; Postmenopausal women; Vegetarians

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN A;

AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PULSATILE FLOW; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VEGETARIAN DIET;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEIN(A); MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PULSATILE FLOW; TAIWAN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84879789291     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: 11782048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/VHRM.S18881     Document Type: Article

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