Relationship between smoking and a new index of arterial stiffness, the cardio-ankle vascular index, in male workers: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Cigarette smoking is one of the major factors that increases arterial stiffness. The purpose of this study was to examine further the relationship between smoking status and arterial stiffness using a new index, the cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI), in male Japanese workers. METHODS: T...

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Autores principales: Hata, Koichi, Nakagawa, Toru, Mizuno, Mitsuhito, Yanagi, Nobuaki, Kitamura, Hiroko, Hayashi, Takeshi, Irokawa, Masataka, Ogami, Akira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3489890/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22839736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1617-9625-10-11

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