Prognostic Value of Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity as Index of Arterial Stiffness in the General Population

W. Hansen, Tine; A. Staessen, Jan; Torp‐Pedersen, Christian; Rasmussen, Susanne; Thijs, Lutgarde; Ibsen, Hans; Jeppesen, Jørgen

doi:10.1161/circulationaha.105.579342

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Prognostic Value of Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity as Index of Arterial Stiffness in the General Population

Published in Circulation • Feb 6, 2006

Authors:

Tine W. Hansen

Jan A. Staessen

Christian Torp‐Pedersen

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Few population studies addressed the prognostic significance of aortic pulse wave velocity (APWV) above and beyond other cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS AND RESULTS: We studied a sex- and age-stratified random sample of 1678 Danes aged 40 to 70 years. We used Cox regression to inves...

Subject

Medicine

Pulse wave velocity

Cardiology

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