Journal of hypertension
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Journal of hypertension · Aug 2008
Gender-specific brachial artery blood pressure-independent relationship between pulse wave velocity and left ventricular mass index in a group of African ancestry.
As it is uncertain whether arterial stiffness is related to left ventricular mass and left ventricle mean wall thickness independent of blood pressure measured at the brachial artery, we aimed to ascertain this effect in never-treated participants with a high prevalence of risk factors for large artery dysfunction. ⋯ Arterial stiffness is associated with left ventricular mass index and left ventricle wall thickness independent of conventional or ambulatory blood pressure and additional confounders in a never-treated population sample of women, but not men, of African ancestry with prevalent risk factors for large artery dysfunction.