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Children and Adolescent Obesity Associates with Pressure-Dependent and Age-Related Increase in Carotid and Femoral Arteries' Stiffness and Not in Brachial Artery, Indicative of Nonintrinsic Arterial Wall Alteration

Aim. To analyze if childhood obesity associates with changes in elastic, transitional, and/or muscular arteries' stiffness. Methods. 221 subjects (4–15 years, 92 females) were assigned to normal weight (NW, n = 137) or obesity (OB, n = 84) groups, considering their body mass index z-score. Age...

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Autores principales: García-Espinosa, Victoria, Curcio, Santiago, Castro, Juan Manuel, Arana, Maite, Giachetto, Gustavo, Chiesa, Pedro, Zócalo, Yanina, Bia, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4811097/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27066273
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4916246