Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity in obese children and adolescents: The potential bias of tape distance measuring

Artery Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 234-237

  Hvidt, Kristian Nebelin ^a   Olsen, Michael Hecht ^b,c   Holm, Jens Christian ^a   Ibsen, Hans ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aortic stiffness; Children; Methodology; Obesity; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CALLIPER; CAROTID ARTERY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TONOMETRY; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

EID: 84887615315     PISSN: 18729312     EISSN: 18764401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artres.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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