Open AccessAssociation of arterial stiffness with coronary artery calcium score in the general-population: the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage study
Author(s) -
Iram Faqir Muhammad,
Jan Engvall,
Margaretha Persson,
Yan Borné,
Peter M. Nilsson,
Carl Johan Östgren,
Gunnar Engström
Publication year - 2022
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.0000000000003096
Subject(s) - medicine , arterial stiffness , pulse wave velocity , cardiology , odds ratio , quartile , confounding , population , confidence interval , coronary artery disease , blood pressure , environmental health
Coronary artery calcium score (CACS) is a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis. However, there is little data related to the association between arterial stiffness and CACS in the general population. The aim of this study was to explore the association between carotid femoral-pulse wave velocity (c-f PWV), a widely accepted marker of arterial stiffness, and CACS.