To examine the effects of lower-limb unilateral resistance exercise on central and peripheral
arterial stiffness, thirteen participants (7 male and 6 female, mean age= 21.5±0.7 years) …

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Metabolic syndrome (MS) carries an increased risk for
cardiovascular events and there is a growing awareness that large artery stiffening is a …

Background Smoking increases plasma nicotine. Nicotine releases catecholamines and
alters arterial distensibility. The nicotine intake per cigarette is greater and serum cotinine …

Leptin has received extensive attention as an endogenously produced satiety factor.
Although once considered to be solely derived from adipose tissue, it is now apparent that …

Tonic activation of the sympathetic nervous system is a major factor contributing to
hypertension in patients with chronic renal failure. Besides its role in blood pressure …

HYPERTONIA ÉS NEPHROLOGIA 2002; 6 (2): 75–150. Szerkesztőbizottság társelnökei: Nagy
Judit, Farsang Csaba Nemzetközi szerkesztőbizottság: Detlev Ganten (Berlin), Lennart Hansson …

It has long been recognized that arterial hypertension is often a part of a larger constellation
of anthropometric and metabolic abnormalities that includes abdominal (or visceral) obesity …