Visceral adiposity index may be a surrogate marker for the assessment of the effects of obesity on arterial stiffness

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Yang, Fan ^a   Wang, Guofeng ^a   Wang, Zhixiao ^a   Sun, Min ^a   Cao, Mengdie ^a   Zhu, Zhenxin ^a   Fu, Qi ^a   Mao, Jia ^a   Shi, Yun ^a   Yang, Tao ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ANKLE PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PULSE WAVE; VISCERAL ADIPOSITY INDEX; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AGE; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPLICATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; SEX FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84905663807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104365     Document Type: Article

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