Inverse relationship of cardioankle vascular index with BMI in healthy Japanese subjects: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the association of body mass index (BMI) with arterial stiffness assessed by cardioankle vascular index (CAVI).Subjects and Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in 23,257 healthy Japanese subjects (12,729 men and 10,528...

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Published in:Vascular Health & Risk Management Vol. 13; pp. 1 - 10
Main Authors: Daiji Nagayama, Haruki Imamura, Yuta Sato, Takashi Yamaguchi, Noriko Ban, Hidetoshi Kawana, Masahiro Ohira, Atsuhito Saiki, Kohji Shirai, Ichiro Tatsuno, Nagayama, Daiji, Imamura, Haruki, Sato, Yuta, Yamaguchi, Takashi, Ban, Noriko, Kawana, Hidetoshi, Ohira, Masahiro, Saiki, Atsuhito, Shirai, Kohji, Tatsuno, Ichiro
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Dove Medical Press Ltd Jan2017
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