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Jennifer Y Barraclough1, Frances L Garden, Brett Toelle

  • 1aSydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital bHeart Research Institute, Sydney cWoolcock Institute of Medical Research, Glebe, New South Wales dSouth Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney eIngham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales fUniversity of Sydney, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School gThe Heart Centre for Children hKids Research Institute, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.

Journal of Hypertension
|June 8, 2017
PubMed
Summary

Augmentation index (AIx) is higher in adolescent girls than boys, closely linked to changes in height during puberty. Puberty measures do not independently explain this sex difference in AIx.

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