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

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Authors	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
MU Faculty or unit	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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