Open AccessAmbulatory Arterial Stiffness Index: Reproducibility of Different Definitions
Author(s) -
George S. Stergiou,
Αναστάσιος Κόλλιας,
Vayia Rarra,
Leonidas G Roussias
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2009.217
Subject(s) - medicine , arterial stiffness , ambulatory , reproducibility , quartile , cardiology , ambulatory blood pressure , coefficient of variation , repeatability , concordance , blood pressure , nuclear medicine , mathematics , statistics , confidence interval
Ambulatory arterial stiffness index (AASI) has been proposed as a marker of arterial stiffness, which predicts cardiovascular mortality. This study compared the reproducibility of 24-h, daytime, night time, and symmetrical AASI.
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