Age- and gender-specific reference values of pulse wave velocity for African adults: Preliminary results

Age

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2345-2355

  Magalhães, Pedro ^a,b   Capingana, Daniel P ^a,b   Silva, Amílcar B T ^b   Ferreira, Albano V L ^b   De Sá Cunha, Roberto ^a   Rodrigues, Sérgio L ^a   Mill, José G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Agostinho Neto   (Angola)

Author keywords

Africans; Pulse wave velocity; Reference values

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

ADULT; AFRICAN; AGE; AGED; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PULSE WAVE; REFERENCE VALUE; UNIVERSITY; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANGOLA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892539271     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-012-9504-9     Document Type: Article

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