Open AccessDoes an increase in estimated pulse wave velocity increase the incidence of hypertension?
Author(s) -
Haojia Chen,
Weiqiang Wu,
Wei Fang,
Zhichao Chen,
Xiuzhu Yan,
Youren Chen,
Shouling Wu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.249
H-Index - 172
eISSN - 1473-5598
pISSN - 0263-6352
DOI - 10.1097/hjh.0000000000002945
Subject(s) - medicine , arterial stiffness , incidence (geometry) , logistic regression , cohort , linear regression , pulse wave velocity , population , cohort study , blood pressure , demography , regression analysis , statistics , mathematics , geometry , environmental health , sociology
As a risk indicator of hypertension, arterial stiffness is difficult to measure. Thus, we aimed to evaluate the association between estimated pulse wave velocity (ePWV) as a convenient indicator and the incidence of hypertension.