Are functional alterations of central and peripheral arteries associated with greater long-term visit-to-visit variability of systolic blood pressure?
Decreased aortic distensibility and arterial elasticity are associated with increased long-term visit-to-visit systolic blood pressure variability.
In this multiethnic cohort, functional alterations of central and peripheral arteries were associated with greater long-term VVV of SBP.
Shimbo et al. (Thu,) studied this question.