Arterial stiffness may mediate or suppress the associations of systolic or diastolic blood pressure with cardiac structure and function in adolescents.
Observational
Does arterial stiffness mediate or suppress the associations of blood pressure with cardiac structure and function in adolescents?
Arterial stiffness may act as an intermediate pathway that attenuates the effect of increased blood pressure on altered cardiac structure and function in youth.
The present study demonstrates that the associations of blood pressure with cardiac function and structure in adolescents may be mediated or suppressed by arterial stiffness depending on the blood pressure phenotype: systolic or diastolic. Arterial stiffness may be considered as an intermediate pathway to attenuate the effect of increased blood pressure on altered cardiac structure and function in youth.
Andrew O. Agbaje (Fri,) conducted a observational in Blood pressure and cardiac structure/function. Blood pressure (systolic or diastolic) was evaluated on Cardiac function and structure. Arterial stiffness may mediate or suppress the associations of systolic or diastolic blood pressure with cardiac structure and function in adolescents.
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