Cardiovascular risk and stress in adolescents with obesity

Background: Cardiovascular risk prediction is problematic in adolescents with obesity. Pulse wave velocity (PWV) can contemporaneously capture arterial stiffening in obesity. Stress has been implicated in the aetiology of obesity and cardiovascular risk. This thesis examines these relationships with...

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Main Author: Hudson, Lee Duncan
Published: University College London (University of London) 2018
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.756141