Aortic stiffness in obese children and adolescents: Comparison of two distance measures of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity

Artery Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 186-193

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

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aortic stiffness; Augmentation index; Blood pressure; Children; Obesity; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CAROTID FEMORAL PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL VALUE; OSCILLOMETER; OSCILLOMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SCHOOL CHILD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84887617793     PISSN: 18729312     EISSN: 18764401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artres.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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