title: The relationship between some of the cardiovascular risk factors and arterial stiffness parameters in essentially hypertensive patients.
abstract: Hypertensive patients have strong evidence of endothelial dysfunction. We aimed to explore the relationships between cardiovascular risk factors and arterial stiffness parameters in hypertensive patients. The study population included 109 hypertensive patients (63 females, 46 males). Arterial stiffness measures including pulse wave velocity, augmentation index, and central aortic pressure were applied. Augmentation index and central aortic pressure were found to be significantly higher (P < .001 and P = .03, respectively) in women. The higher augmentation index and central aortic pressure values were observed in women than in men. These data offer new evidences for the role of sex hormones in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis in women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Guflhane Medical Academy , Ankara , Turkey.
authors.forename: Battal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Altun
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bulucu
authors.forename: Seref
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Demirbas
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karaman
authors.forename: Seyit Ahmet
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ay
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cakar
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Apikoglu
authors.forename: Kenan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saglam
authors.forename: Sait
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Demirkol
authors.forename: Sevket
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Balta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D062186:Arterial Pressure; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D063177:Pulse Wave Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D059289:Vascular Stiffness / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult