Sex differences in noninvasive vascular function in the community

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1437-1446

  Schnabel, Renate B ^a   Biener, Moritz P ^b   Wilde, Sandra ^a   Sinning, Christoph R ^a   Ojeda, Francisco M ^a   Zeller, Tanja ^a   Lubos, Edith ^a   Lackner, Karl J ^d   Warnholtz, Ascan ^b   Gori, Tommaso ^b   Espinola Klein, Christine ^b   Blankenberg, Stefan ^a   Munzel, Thomas ^b,e   Wild, Philipp S ^b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Department of Medicine 2 ^*  (Germany)

^c Center of Thrombosis and Hemostasis   (Germany)

^d Laboratory Medicine   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flow mediated dilation; Noninvasive vascular function; Peripheral arterial tonometry; Sex; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PULSE RATE; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TONOMETRY;

EID: 84880037133     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328360f755     Document Type: Article

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