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Increased Rate of Arterial Stiffening with Obesity in Adolescents: A Five-Year Follow-Up Study

BACKGROUND: We prospectively and longitudinally determined the effects of childhood obesity on arterial stiffening and vascular wall changes. Changes in arterial stiffness measured as pulse wave velocity (PWV) and vascular morphology of the radial (RA) and dorsal pedal arteries (DPA) were examined i...

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Autores principales: Dangardt, Frida, Chen, Yun, Berggren, Krister, Osika, Walter, Friberg, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3579778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23451232
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057454