In individuals of African descent, the higher aortic pressure augmentation observed in women is primarily explained by increases in reflected wave magnitude, contrasting with findings in other ethnic groups.
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May inform ethnicity-specific vascular phenotyping in African descent; leaves open generalizability and clinical relevance pending prospective data.
Tade et al. (2017) studied this question.
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