Increased arterial stiffness in remote Indigenous Australians with high risk of cardiovascular disease

Increased arterial stiffness in remote Indigenous Australians with high risk of cardiovascular disease

Journal of Hypertension

• Author(s): Maple-Brown, Louise J, Piers, Leonard S, O'Rourke, Michael F, Celermajer, David S, O'Dea, Kerin
• Published: 2007
• Volume: 25
• ISBN: 0263-6352

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Abstract: Objective To assess central and peripheral arterial stiffness in Indigenous and European Australians with and without type 2 diabetes using applanation tonometry to obtain the augmentation index (AI) and pulse wave velocity (PWV). Methods

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• Keywords: Aboriginal, arterial stiffness, augmentation index, central obesity, pulse wave velocity, type 2 diabetes