Relationship between smoking and a new index of arterial stiffness, the cardio-ankle vascular index, in male workers: a cross-sectional study

Background Cigarette smoking is one of the major factors that increases arterial stiffness. The purpose of this study was to examine further the relationship between smoking status and arterial stiffness using a new index, the cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI), in male Japanese workers. Methods Th...
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Autor*in:

Koichi Hata [verfasserIn]

Toru Nakagawa [verfasserIn]

Mitsuhito Mizuno [verfasserIn]

Nobuaki Yanagi [verfasserIn]

Hiroko Kitamura [verfasserIn]

Takeshi Hayashi [verfasserIn]

Masataka Irokawa [verfasserIn]

Akira Ogami [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2012

Schlagwörter:

cardio-ankle vascular index

smoking

arterial stiffness

cardiovascular disease

Übergeordnetes Werk:

In: Tobacco Induced Diseases - European Publishing, 2005, 10(2012), July

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:10 ; year:2012 ; number:July

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DOI / URN:

10.1186/1617-9625-10-11

Katalog-ID:

DOAJ063633671

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