Impact of volunteer-related and methodology-related factors on the reproducibility of brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation: Analysis of 672 individual repeated measurements

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1738-1745

  Van Mil, Anke C C M ^a,b,c   Greyling, Arno ^a,d   Zock, Peter L ^c,d   Geleijnse, Johanna M ^e   Hopman, Maria T ^a,e   Mensink, Ronald P ^c,f   Reesink, Koen D ^g   Green, Daniel J ^b,h   Ghiadoni, Lorenzo ⁱ   Thijssen, Dick H ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^d UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler; endothelial function; flow mediated dilation; reproducibility; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FLOW MEDIATED VASODILATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; METHODOLOGY; PNEUMATIC CUFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VASODILATATION; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VOLUNTEER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHIAL ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VASODILATION; VOLUNTEERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84982980782     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000001012     Document Type: Article

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