title: Relation of habitual cocoa consumption to aortic stiffness and wave reflections, and to central hemodynamics in healthy individuals.
abstract: The effect of habitual cocoa consumption on arterial stiffness and wave reflection indexes, as well as on peripheral and central blood pressure, was assessed in 198 healthy subjects. In conclusion, higher cocoa intake was an independent determinant of low arterial stiffness and wave reflection indexes and was also independently associated with significantly lower central (aortic) pulse pressure.
authors.affiliation: Peripheral Vessels Unit, 1st Cardiology Department, Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece. cvlachop@otenet.gr
authors.forename: Charalambos V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Vlachopoulos
authors.forename: Nikolaos A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Alexopoulos
authors.forename: Konstantinos A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Aznaouridis
authors.forename: Nikolaos C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Ioakeimidis
authors.forename: Ioanna A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Dima
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dagre
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vasiliadou
authors.forename: Elli C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Stefanadi
authors.forename: Christodoulos I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Stefanadis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001628:Beverages; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002099:Cacao; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000503:physiopathology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000503:physiopathology; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D015588:Observer Variation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers