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Association between tongue pressure and subclinical carotid atherosclerosis in relation to platelet levels in hypertensive elderly men: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Age-related low-grade inflammation causing endothelial disruption influences sarcopenia, hypertension, and atherosclerosis. We reported previously that maintenance of muscle strength in elderly hypertensive men with high platelet levels is positively associated with subclinical atheroscl...

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Autores principales: Shimizu, Yuji, Sato, Shimpei, Noguchi, Yuko, Koyamatsu, Jun, Yamanashi, Hirotomo, Higashi, Miho, Nagayoshi, Mako, Kawashiri, Shin-Ya, Nagata, Yasuhiro, Takamura, Noboru, Maeda, Takahiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6052576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30021529
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12199-018-0720-5