Association of sex hormones with carotid artery distensibility in men and postmenopausal women: Multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

Hypertension

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1020-1025

  Vaidya, Dhananjay ^a   Golden, Sherita H ^a   Haq, Nowreen ^a   Heckbert, Susan R ^b   Liu, Kiang ^c   Ouyang, Pamela ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PRASTERONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISTENSIBILITY; DIASTOLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLE; UNITED STATES; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; ELASTICITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; ELASTICITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937045536     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.114.04826     Document Type: Article

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