Age and gender differences of endothelial function in 4739 healthy adults: The HUNT3 fitness study

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 531-540

  Skaug, Eli Anne ^a   Aspenes, Stian Thoresen ^a   Oldervoll, Line ^a   Mørkedal, Bjørn ^a   Vatten, Lars ^a   Wisløff, Ulrik ^a   Ellingsen, Øyvind ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; endothelial function; epidemiology; population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880294428     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487312444234     Document Type: Article

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