Postgraduate medicine
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Postgraduate medicine · Apr 2022
Association between four-limb blood pressure differences and arterial stiffness: a cross-sectional study.
Although inter-arm blood pressure difference (IAD) and inter-ankle blood pressure difference (IAND) have been shown to be associated with cardiovascular disease, controversy remains. In this study, we investigated the prevalence of IAD and IAND as well as the correlation with arterial stiffness and systolic blood pressure in a large number of the Chinese population. ⋯ Limb blood pressure differences were closely related to arterial stiffness and systolic blood pressure, allowing for a more comprehensive assessment of cardiovascular risk.
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Postgraduate medicine · Apr 2022
Association of different lipid measures with incident bone fractures: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study.
To investigate the association between different lipid measures and long-term hospitalization-required incident fracture among Iranian men and women. ⋯ Among Iranian women, a nonlinear association between non-HDL-C and LDL-C and incident fracture was found as the second and fifth quintile of the former and the second quintile of the latter were associated with about 50% lower risk of fracture. Generally, our findings did not support harmful impact of these lipid measures on incident fracture.