Aortic stiffness, blood pressure progression, and incident hypertension

Vascular stiffness increases with advancing age and is a major risk factor for age-related morbidity and mortality. Vascular stiffness and blood pressure pulsatility are related; however, temporal relationships between vascular stiffening and blood pressure elevation have not been fully delineated....

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Published in:	JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 308; no. 9; p. 875
Main Authors:	Kaess, Bernhard M, Rong, Jian, Larson, Martin G, Hamburg, Naomi M, Vita, Joseph A, Levy, Daniel, Benjamin, Emelia J, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Mitchell, Gary F
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 05.09.2012
Subjects:	Aged Blood Pressure - physiology Disease Progression Female Humans Hypertension - epidemiology Longitudinal Studies Male Massachusetts - epidemiology Middle Aged Risk Vascular Stiffness Massachusetts
ISSN:	1538-3598, 1538-3598
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