Population
113 normotensive postmenopausal females, aged 50-78 years, divided into three age groups
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Lumen adjustment reveals age effects on compliance in postmenopausal women; leaves open whether compensatory dilation alters risk assessment.
In normotensive postmenopausal women, age-related increases in carotid arterial lumen diameter may compensate for increased arterial stiffness, limiting the deterioration of central artery buffering capacity.
Sugawara et al. (2005) studied this question.
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