Obesity and overweight associated with increased carotid diameter and decreased arterial function in young otherwise healthy men

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 628-634

  Kappus, Rebecca M ^a   Fahs, Christopher A ^b   Smith, Denise ^c,d   Horn, Gavin P ^d   Agiovlasitis, Stomatis ^e   Rossow, Lindy ^b   Jae, Sae Y ^f   Heffernan, Kevin S ^g   Fernhall, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Illinois Fire Service Institute   (United States)

^e MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^g SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial diameter; Arterial remodeling; Arterial stiffness; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; AORTA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84897867250     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpt152     Document Type: Article

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