Population
1233 randomly recruited study participants from a general population, mean age 48 years, 51.7% women, 41.5%…
Design
Cross-sectional
Key result
Higher arterial stiffness, measured by central pulse pressure and augmentation pressure, was significantly associated with worse left ventricular diastolic function (E/e' ratio, P<0.0001).
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Hypothesis-generating for arterial stiffness in diastolic dysfunction; prospective studies needed before clinical adoption.
Cross-Sectional (n=1,233)
p-value: p=<0.0001
Arterial stiffness is significantly associated with echocardiographic indices of left ventricular systolic and diastolic dysfunction in the general population.
Cauwenberghs et al. (2016) conducted a cross-sectional in General population (n=1,233). Arterial stiffness was evaluated on Association between E/e' ratio and arterial stiffness indexes (augmentation pressure and central pulse pressure) (p=<0.0001). Higher arterial stiffness, measured by central pulse pressure and augmentation pressure, was significantly associated with worse left ventricular diastolic function (E/e' ratio, P<0.0001).