Heritability of arterial stiffness and carotid intima-media thickness: An Italian twin study

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 511-517

  Medda, E ^a   Fagnani, C ^a   Schillaci, G ^b   Tarnoki, A D ^c   Tarnoki, D L ^c   Baracchini, C ^d   Meneghetti, G ^d   Fanelli, F ^e   Alaeddin, A ^b   Pucci, G ^b   Alviti, S ^a   Cotichini, R ^a,g   Brescianini, S ^a   Boatta, E ^e   Lucatelli, P ^e   Nistico L ^a   Penna, L ^a   Salemi, M ^a   Toccaceli, V ^a   Zini, C ^e   Garami, Z ^f   Stazi, M A ^a   more..

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Augmentation index; Carotid thickness; Pulse wave velocity; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; B SCAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PULSE WAVE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; TWIN ZYGOSITY; TWINS; AGED; AORTA; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; ITALY; METABOLISM; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84899049189     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2013.10.031     Document Type: Article

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