Abdominal obesity is associated with arterial stiffness in middle-aged adults

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 495-502

  Strasser, B ^a,b   Arvandi, M ^b   Pasha, E P ^a   Haley, A P ^a   Stanforth, P ^a   Tanaka, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arterial compliance; Body composition; Cardiovascular fitness; Midlife; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ABDOMINAL FAT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR DISEASES;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIES; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID ARTERIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS; VASCULAR DISEASES; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84927799252     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: 15903729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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