Why the study?
How do blood pressure and obesity independently influence pulse wave velocity in youths?
Population
501 white youths aged 8 to 18 years, including normotensive, high-normal blood pressure, and hypertensive…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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BP elevation linked to higher PWV in youths while obesity attenuates it; hypothesis-generating for independent effects, needs longitudinal confirmation.
How do blood pressure and obesity independently influence pulse wave velocity in youths?
In youths, higher blood pressure is associated with increased arterial stiffness as measured by pulse wave velocity, but obesity paradoxically blunts this expected increase.
Lurbe et al. (2012) studied this question.
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