TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationships between brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity and conventional atherosclerotic risk factors in community-dwelling people
AU - Fujiwara, Yoshinori
AU - Chaves, Paulo
AU - Takahashi, Ryutaro
AU - Amano, Hidenori
AU - Kumagai, Shu
AU - Fujita, Koji
AU - Yoshida, Hiroto
AU - Wang, Dou Gui
AU - Varadhan, Ravi
AU - Uchida, Hayato
AU - Shinkai, Shoji
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was sponsored by the grants from Japan Arteriosclerosis Prevention Fund. The authors would like to express their sincere thanks to Dr. Kobayashi and Dr. Kazama, Yoita Medical Association, Ms. Sato and Ms. Ishihara at the Department of Welfare, Yoita town, for their kind cooperation when conducting this study, and to Dr. R. J. Shephard, Professor Emeritus of the University of Toronto, for reviewing the manuscript.
Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2004/12
Y1 - 2004/12
N2 - Background. A simple instrument has been developed to measure brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV). The aim of the present study was to use this instrument to study the relationship between baPWV and conventional atherosclerotic risk factors. Methods. Community-dwelling Japanese (632) living in a rural area (234 men and 398 women) participated in a municipal medical health survey that included baPWV measurement and a traditional clinical examination, conducted in June, 2002. Results. Men had a significantly higher baPWV than women. No interaction between gender and age on baPWV was identified. Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that age, hemodynamic factors (diastolic blood pressure, pulse pressure, and heart rate), hemoglobinA1c, current drinking and smoking status, and mild retinal changes had significant independent influences on higher baPWV. Conclusions. In this rural population, age, gender, and hemodynamic factors were independently associated with baPWV, along with traditional atherosclerotic risk factors, although no significant associations between baPWV and histories of atherosclerotic diseases or subclinical atherosclerosis except for mild retinal changes were demonstrated.
AB - Background. A simple instrument has been developed to measure brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV). The aim of the present study was to use this instrument to study the relationship between baPWV and conventional atherosclerotic risk factors. Methods. Community-dwelling Japanese (632) living in a rural area (234 men and 398 women) participated in a municipal medical health survey that included baPWV measurement and a traditional clinical examination, conducted in June, 2002. Results. Men had a significantly higher baPWV than women. No interaction between gender and age on baPWV was identified. Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that age, hemodynamic factors (diastolic blood pressure, pulse pressure, and heart rate), hemoglobinA1c, current drinking and smoking status, and mild retinal changes had significant independent influences on higher baPWV. Conclusions. In this rural population, age, gender, and hemodynamic factors were independently associated with baPWV, along with traditional atherosclerotic risk factors, although no significant associations between baPWV and histories of atherosclerotic diseases or subclinical atherosclerosis except for mild retinal changes were demonstrated.
KW - Atherosclerotic risk factors
KW - Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV)
KW - Medical health surveys
KW - Rural community-dwelling populations
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.04.026
DO - 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.04.026
M3 - Article
C2 - 15539047
AN - SCOPUS:20844454224
SN - 0091-7435
VL - 39
SP - 1135
EP - 1142
JO - Preventive Medicine
JF - Preventive Medicine
IS - 6
ER -