Use of the oral contraceptive pill is associated with increased large artery stiffness in young women: The ENIGMA Study

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1155-1159

  Hickson, Stacey S ^a   Miles, Karen L ^a   McDonnell, Barry J ^b   Yasmin, ^a   Cockcroft, John R ^b   Wilkinson, Ian B ^a   McEniery, Carmel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aortic pulse wave velocity; arterial stiffness; blood pressure; oral contraceptive pill

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AORTA; AORTA FLOW; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 85027923662     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328346a5af     Document Type: Article

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