African-American Ethnicity and Cardiovascular Risk Factors are Related to Aortic Pulse-Wave Velocity Progression | Zendy

Mehret Birru | Zendy; Karen A. Matthews | Zendy; Rebecca C. Thurston | Zendy; Maria M. Brooks | Zendy; Siti Fatimah Ibrahim | Zendy; Emma BarinasMitchell | Zendy; İmke Janssen | Zendy; Kim Sutton-Tyrrell | Zendy

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African-American Ethnicity and Cardiovascular Risk Factors are Related to Aortic Pulse-Wave Velocity Progression

Author(s) -

Mehret Birru,

Karen A. Matthews,

Rebecca C. Thurston,

Maria M. Brooks,

Siti Fatimah Ibrahim,

Emma BarinasMitchell,

İmke Janssen,

Kim Sutton-Tyrrell

Publication year - 2011

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.2011.57

Subject(s) - medicine , pulse wave velocity , cardiology , arterial stiffness , ethnic group , risk factor , cardiovascular health , menopause , wave velocity , disease , blood pressure , sociology , anthropology , petrology , shear (geology) , geology

Accelerated central arterial stiffening as represented by progression of aortic pulse-wave velocity (PWV) may be influenced by cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. Little is known about the relationships between CVD risk factors and PWV progression among women transitioning through the menopause, or whether these relationships vary by ethnicity.

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