Influence of Age, Body Mass Index, and Blood Pressure on the Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Normotensives and Hypertensives

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HONZÍKOVÁ Nataša LÁBROVÁ Růžena FIŠER Bohumil MADĚROVÁ Eva NOVÁKOVÁ Zuzana ZÁVODNÁ Eva SEMRÁD Bořivoj

Year of publication 2006
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Biomedizinische Technik
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Faculty of Medicine

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Field Physiology
Keywords Age; baroreflex sensitivity; blood pressure; body mass index; intima-media thickness
Description Multiregression analysis showed that an additive influence of age and BMI on the development of IMT is essential only in N. In H the influence of BP predominates, as documented by a comparison of IMT between H and N.
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