Noninvasive evaluation of endothelial function and arterial mechanics in overweight adolescents

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1105-1114

  Kumar, Vishal ^a   Sachdev, H P S ^a,b   Khalil, Anita ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Arterial wall mechanics; Body mass index; Coronary artery disease; Endothelial function; Skin fold thickness

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBESITY; OBSERVATION; PREDICTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SEX; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NITROGLYCERIN; OVERWEIGHT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 9344231996     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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