Carotid artery intima-media thickness and distensibility in children and adolescents: Reference values and role of body dimensions

Hypertension

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 550-556

  Doyon, Anke ^a   Kracht, Daniela ^b   Bayazit, Aysun K ^c   Deveci, Murat ^d   Duzova, Ali ^e   Krmar, Rafael T ^f   Litwin, Mieczyslaw ^g   Niemirska, Anna ^g   Oguz, Berna ^e   Schmidt, Bernhard M W ^b   Sözeri, Betul ^d   Querfeld, Uwe ^h   Melk, Anette ^b   Schaefer, Franz ^a   Wühl, Elke ^a  

^a Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^h CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

carotid; child; intima media thickness; vascular stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELASTICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

CAROTID; CHILD; INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84883265305     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.113.01297     Document Type: Article

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