Arterial pulse wave velocity in relation to carotid intima-media thickness, brachial flow-mediated dilation and carotid artery distensibility: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study and the Health 2000 Survey

: Koivistoinen T, Virtanen M, Hutri-Kahonen N, Lehtimaki T, Jula A, Juonala M, Moilanen L, Aatola H, Hyttinen J, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Kahonen M

Publisher: ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD

: 2012

: Atherosclerosis

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.08.007

Conclusions: The current findings suggest that PWV reflects a different aspect of vascular damage than FMD or IMT in young adults, whereas in older adults the information provided by PWV and IMT may be, to some extent, similar as regards subclinical vascular damage. The present observations also suggest that PWV and Cdist represent, at least in part, a similar adverse vascular wall process. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.