Why the study?
Does African Caribbean ethnicity associate with increased vascular stiffness and interventricular septal thickness compared to European ethnicity?
Does African Caribbean ethnicity associate with increased vascular stiffness and interventricular septal thickness compared to European ethnicity?
Aortic stiffness is significantly increased in African Caribbeans compared to Europeans independent of blood pressure, which may partially explain ethnic differences in hypertensive target organ damage.
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May explain excess target organ damage; leaves open whether stiffness reduction improves outcomes in African Caribbeans.
Chaturvedi et al. (2004) studied this question.
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