Determinants of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in a Japanese population: A cohort study

作者：Mitani Satoko^*; Fujita Masatoshi; Shigeta Masako; Kuriyama Nagato; Ozaki Etsuko; Yoshikawa Aya; Matsui Daisuke; Watanabe Isao; Inoue Kaoru; Watanabe Yoshiyuki

来源：Blood Pressure, 2012, 21(6): 338-344.

DOI：10.3109/08037051.2012.686176

• augmentation index
• framingham risk score
• pluse wave velocity
• hypertension

Arterial stiffness is one of the biggest predictors of coronary heart disease (CHD). We evaluated whether brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) and augmentation index (AI) are correlated with risk factors of CHD. All of the 528 participants (270 males and 258 females) in this study were healthy workers aged from 36 to 69 (mean age: 47.9 +/- 8.1 years). The Framingham Risk Score (FRS) showed a good correlation with baPWV (r = 0.53, p %26lt; 0.01), indicating that FRS is also applicable as an index of arterial stiffness in Japanese people. Blood pressures were well controlled in patients with medical treatment for hypertension; however, vessels remained relatively still stiff, whereas the AI was considerably low. Multivariate linear regression analysis showed that factors of such as FRS, body mass index, alcohol consumption and AI P75 were significantly correlated with baPWV.

• 出版日期2012-12