Population
212 subjects, comprising 104 55-year-olds (57 men, 47 women) and 108 35-year-olds (52 men, 56 women).
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May indicate postmenopausal endothelial decline in women; hypothesis-generating and requires longitudinal confirmation before clinical consideration.
Flow-mediated dilatation declines with age in women but not in men, potentially due to postmenopausal hormonal changes, and does not correlate with conventional cardiovascular risk factors at age 55.
Jensen‐Urstad et al. (2001) studied this question.
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