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Article: University of Witwatersrand details research in angiology.
- Article from:
- Obesity & Diabetes Week
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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"We aimed to clarify whether age influences the independent relationship between adiposity and pulse-wave velocity (PWV). We explored the effect of age on the independent relationships between indexes of central adiposity (waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR)) and carotid-femoral PWV, central augmentation index (Al-c), or pressure wave amplification assessed from applanation tonometry measurements obtained at the radial, carotid, and femoral arteries in 508 randomly selected subjects > 16 years of age in a population sample of African ancestry with a high prevalence of excess adiposity (similar to 63% overweight or obese)," researchers in Johannesburg, ...
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