Key result
High brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (cutoffs of 14 and 24 m/s) independently predicted all-cause mortality and cerebrovascular events in patients with diabetes.
Why the study?
Does high brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity predict cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in outpatients with diabetes?
Cohort (n=3,628)
Does high brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity predict cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in outpatients with diabetes?
High brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity is a useful independent predictor of all-cause mortality and cerebrovascular events in patients with diabetes.
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May aid risk stratification in diabetes; hypothesis-generating pending prospective validation.
Maeda et al. (2014) conducted a cohort in Diabetes (n=3,628). Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) vs. Low baPWV was evaluated on All-cause mortality and cardiovascular events (coronary artery and cerebrovascular events). High brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (cutoffs of 14 and 24 m/s) independently predicted all-cause mortality and cerebrovascular events in patients with diabetes.
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