Central hemodynamics could explain the inverse association between height and cardiovascular mortality

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 392-400

  Reeve, Jake C ^a   Abhayaratna, Walter P ^b   Davies, Justin E ^c   Sharman, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aortic pulse wave velocity; arterial stiffness; blood pressure; central blood pressure; hypertension

Indexed keywords

AORTIC PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CENTRAL BLOOD PRESSURE; HYPERTENSION.;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84894242918     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpt222     Document Type: Article

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