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- Title
Analysis of Vascular Aging in Arterial Hypertension — Population-based Study: Preliminary Results.
- Authors
Costa, Juan Jailson Oliveira Almeida; de Araújo Cunha, Roberta Castro; de Assis Oliveira Alves Filho, Antonio; Bessa, Larissa Ribeiro; de Lima, Rodrigo Lins Sant'Ana; dos Reis Silva, Alana; Araújo e Souza, Brenno; de Almeida Viterbo, Catarina; Requião, Mariana Barreto; Brustolim, Daniele; da Silva, Diorlene Oliveira; Magalhães, Lucélia Batista Neves Cunha; da Silva Araújo, Cecília Freitas
- Abstract
Background: Arterial Hypertension (AH) is an uncertain and complex physiopathological disease with the Arterial Stiffness (AS) as one of the main cardiovascular alterations. Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV) is the gold standard marker for assessment of the vascular aging and an important predictor of cardiovascular risk. Methods: Cross-sectional population-based studies, in the restricted area of Vale do Ogunjá, Salvador-Bahia. Sociodemographic data, through questionnaire and clinical data were obtained. A PWV was evaluated by applanation tonometry using the device SphygmoCor® (AtCor Medical Pty Ltd, New South Wales, Australia). Frequency and descriptive measurements of central and dispersion were obtained, and the Chi-square test to statistical analysis. Results: PWV presented a higher mean in hypertensive patients (10.0 ± 2.2 m/s). There was a higher prevalence of AS in male individuals with advanced age and presence of risk factors. The prevalence ratio of AS was 3.7 times higher in hypertensive patients (p = 0.002; 95% CI: 1.6–8.5) and 7.5 times higher in patients aged above 40–74 years (p = 0.015; 95% CI: 2.4–23.1). Conclusion: There was an important relation between AS and increased of PWV in the presence of hypertension. The relevance of this study is associated with the use of non-invasive clinical evaluation of PWV, contributing to improve morbidity and mortality in hypertensive patients. Highlights: Important association between arterial stiffness and arterial hypertension. Prevalence of arterial stiffness in the male gender, advanced age. Prevalence of arterial stiffness with high BMI, dyslipidemia and dysglycemia DM. Arterial stiffness associated to age, schooling level, BMI and arterial hypertension.
- Subjects
ARTERIAL diseases; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; DISEASE prevalence
- Publication
Artery Research, 2019, Vol 25, Issue 3/4, p131
- ISSN
1872-9312
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2991/artres.k.191201.001