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Determinants of Aortic Stiffness: 16-Year Follow-Up of the Whitehall II Study

BACKGROUND: Aortic stiffness is a strong predictor of cardiovascular disease endpoints. Cross-sectional studies have shown associations of various cardiovascular risk factors with aortic pulse wave velocity, a measure of aortic stiffness, but the long-term impact of these factors on aortic stiffness...

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Autores principales: Johansen, Nanna B., Vistisen, Dorte, Brunner, Eric J., Tabák, Adam G., Shipley, Martin J., Wilkinson, Ian B., McEniery, Carmel M., Roden, Michael, Herder, Christian, Kivimäki, Mika, Witte, Daniel R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22629363
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037165