Amino acid intakes are inversely associated with arterial stiffness and central blood pressure in women

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 145, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2130-2138

  Jennings, Amy ^a   MacGregor, Alex ^a   Welch, Ailsa ^a   Chowienczyk, Phil ^b   Spector, Tim ^b   Cassidy, Aedín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Arterial stiffness; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular; Protein

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ARGININE; CARBOHYDRATE; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; LEUCINE; MAGNESIUM; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POTASSIUM; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM; TYROSINE; AMINO ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMINO ACID INTAKE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CENTRAL BLOOD PRESSURE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; MAGNESIUM INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; POTASSIUM INTAKE; PROTEIN INTAKE; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; SODIUM INTAKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TWINS; VEGETABLE; ADOLESCENT; GREAT BRITAIN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACIDS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941073065     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.214700     Document Type: Article

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