1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Dentistry, The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan 2 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kindai University, Faculty of ...

1 Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Research Institute, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Newtownabbey, UK 2 Sports Institute of Northern Ireland, University of ...

The stiffening of the conductance arteries is a hallmark of ageing and increases drastically after menopause. Therefore, the augmentation index (AIx), a surrogate for arterial stiffness, could be ...