Relationship between vascular age and classic cardiovascular risk factors and arterial stiffness

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 394-401

  Łoboz Rudnicka, Maria ^a   Jaroch, Joanna ^a   Bociaga, Zbigniew ^a   Kruszyńska, Ewa ^a   Ciecierzyńska, Barbara ^a   Dziuba, Magdalena ^a   Dudek, Krzysztof ^b   Uchmanowicz, Izabela ^c   Łoboz Grudzień, Krystyna ^a,c  

^a T Marciniak Lower Silesia Specialist Hospital Wroclaw   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Framingham risk score; Vascular age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PULSE WAVE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASCULAR AGE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84885222373     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: 1898018X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/CJ.2013.0098     Document Type: Article

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