title: Systemic arterial stiffness in patients with pseudoexfoliation glaucoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  : To evaluate carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (CF-PWV) values of patients with pseudoexfoliation (PEX) glaucoma in comparison with healthy subjects.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-five consecutive patients with PEX glaucoma (PEXG group) and 25 controls (control group) were included in the study. CF-PWV was assessed by a noninvasive device by the measurements of pulse transmit time and the distance between 2 recording sites.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age was 64.7±7.3 (range, 55 to 79) years the in PEXG group and 63.8±6.6 (range, 51 to 77) years in the control group. There were 8 men (32%) and 17 women (68%) in the PEXG group and 11 men (44%) and 14 women (56%) in the control group. The CF-PWV of the PEX group was significantly higher than that of the control group (P<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We have revealed an association between PEXG and increased CF-PWV. Also, increased CF-PWV may be considered as a risk factor for the development of PEXG.
authors: Departments of *Ophthalmology †Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize ‡Maya Eye Clinic, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors: Kemal
authors: K
authors: Türkyilmaz
authors: Veysi
authors: V
authors: Oner
authors: Yüksel
authors: Y
authors: Ciçek
authors: Ali
authors: A
authors: Kurt
authors: Mustafa
authors: M
authors: Durmuş
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000502:physiology; D017889:Exfoliation Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000502:physiology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011673:Pulsatile Flow / Q000502:physiology; D063177:Pulse Wave Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D059289:Vascular Stiffness / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids