Pulse wave velocity in elastic and muscular arteries: tracking stability and association with anthropometric and hemodynamic measurements

Chengcheng Ye, Yue Pan, Xiaojing Xu, Shaoyong Su, Harold Snieder, Frank Treiber, Gaston Kapuku, Xiaoling Wang*

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Abstract

Pulse wave velocity (PWV) has been used as a measurement for arterial stiffness, a predictor of cardiovascular risk. Tracking describes the stability of a measurement over time. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the tracking stability of carotid-femoral (cfPWV), carotid-radial (crPWV) and carotid-distal (cdPWV) PWV in young adults and their associations with anthropometric and hemodynamic measurements. cfPWV, crPWV and cdPWV were measured by tonometric (SphygmoCor) technique in 531 subjects (aged 23.7 +/- 4.9 with 42.9% African Americans and 49.9% females). Out of these subjects, 142 subjects had all these 3 PWV measurements evaluated again during their next visit with an average follow-up time of 2 years. In the tracking analysis on the data from the 142 subjects, cfPWV displayed moderate to relatively high tracking ability (r=0.61, P

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)786-791
Number of pages6
JournalHYPERTENSION RESEARCH
Volume39
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov-2016

Keywords

  • arterial stiffness
  • longitudinal study
  • pulse wave velocity
  • tracking
  • STAGE RENAL-DISEASE
  • CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS
  • BLOOD-PRESSURE
  • YOUNG-ADULTS
  • AORTIC STIFFNESS
  • AFRICAN-AMERICAN
  • MORTALITY
  • YOUTH
  • HERITABILITY
  • METAANALYSIS

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