Urbanization as a risk factor for aortic stiffness in a cohort in India

Urbanization is associated with higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease worldwide. Aortic stiffness, as measured by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity is a validated predictor of cardiovascular disease. Our objective was to determine the association between urbanization and carotid-femoral puls...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2018-08, Vol.13 (8), p.e0201036-e0201036
Hauptverfasser:	Corlin, Laura, Lane, Kevin J, Sunderarajan, Jahnavi, Chui, Kenneth K H, Vijayakumar, Harivanza, Krakoff, Lawrence, Chandrasekaran, Anbarasi, Thanikachalam, Sadagopan, Brugge, Doug, Thanikachalam, Mohan
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Aorta Biology and Life Sciences Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular diseases Cover crops Diabetes Earth Sciences Ecology and Environmental Sciences Engineering schools Environmental engineering Femur Health aspects Health care Health risk assessment Health risks Heart Hypertension Land cover Land use Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Obesity Outdoor air quality People and Places Population density Population studies Public health Regression analysis Regression models Research and Analysis Methods Risk analysis Risk factors Rural areas Shrubs Social Sciences Stiffness Studies Urban areas Urban environment Urban environments Urban populations Urbanization Velocity Wave velocity
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