Association between lowered endothelial function measured by peripheral arterial tonometry and cardio-metabolic risk factors - a cross-sectional study of Finnish municipal workers at risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Konttinen, Jussi ^a   Lindholm, Harri ^a   Sinisalo, Juha ^b   Kuosma, Eeva ^a   Halonen, Janne ^a   Hopsu, Leila ^a   Uitti, Jukka ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Endothelial dysfunction; Occupational health care; Peripheral arterial tonometry

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRAMINGHAM REACTIVE HYPEREMIA INDEX; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL TONOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING HEART RATE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TONOMETRY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84885336205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-13-83     Document Type: Article

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