Population
825 men from the Caerphilly Prospective Study, mean age 74 years
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
average 20 years
Authors
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May support inflammation monitoring alongside BP in hypertension; leaves open whether targeting these slows aortic stiffening.
Inflammation and repetitive cyclic stress are important long-term predictors of aortic stiffness, whereas established cardiovascular risk factors other than blood pressure have only a modest effect.
McEniery et al. (2010) studied this question.
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