Aortic pulse wave velocity correlates with age but does not appear to significantly differ based on the presence of atherosclerotic risk factors or history of atherosclerotic disease in this cohort.
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Age correlates with PWV independently of risk factors; hypothesis-generating for PWV beyond age in atherosclerosis assessment.
Aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) is a noninvasive technique that can estimate aortic stiffness or organic change quantitatively. The authors examined the correlation between age and the PWV value in 113 subjects and also examined the relationship between atherosclerotic associated diseases and PWV. A positive correlation was observed between age and the PWV value. No significant difference was found in the PWV value between groups with and without risk factors of atherosclerosis. No significant difference was observed in the PWV value between groups with and without a history of atherosclerotic disease.
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Emura et al. (2000) studied this question.
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