Association of body mass index with arterial stiffness and blood pressure components: A twin study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 388-395

  Tarnoki, Adam Domonkos ^a   Tarnoki, David Laszlo ^a   Bogl, Leonie H ^b   Medda, Emanuela ^c   Fagnani, Corrado ^c   Nisticò, Lorenza ^c   Stazi, Maria Antonietta ^c   Brescianini, Sonia ^c   Lucatelli, Pierleone ^d   Boatta, Emanuele ^d   Zini, Chiara ^d   Fanelli, Fabrizio ^d   Baracchini, Claudio ^e   Meneghetti, Giorgio ^e   Osztovits, Janos ^f   Jermendy, Gyorgy ^f   Kiss, Robert Gabor ^a,g   Preda, Istvan ^a,g   Karlinger, Kinga ^a   Lannert, Agnes ^a   Molnar, Andrea Agnes ^a,g   Littvay, Levente ^h   Garami, Zsolt ⁱ   Berczi, Viktor ^a   Pucci, Giacomo ^j   Baffy, Gyorgy ^k   Schillaci, Giuseppe ^j   Pietiläinen, Kirsi H ^b,l   more..

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f BAJCSY ZSILINSZKY HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^g Military Hospital   (Hungary)

^h CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

ⁱ HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^k HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^l HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

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Author keywords

Augmentation index; Central blood pressure; Hypertension; Obesity; Pulse wave velocity; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

AUGMENTATION INDEX; CENTRAL BLOOD PRESSURE; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; TWIN STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880397147     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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