P3.10 PULSE WAVE VELOCITY AND AUGMENTATION INDEX ARE ASSOCIATED WITH 10-YEAR GENERAL CARDIOVASCULAR RISK AND HEART/VASCULAR AGE IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED, NEVER-TREATED HYPERTENSION
Background: The Framingham Heart Study group has proposed an algorithm for calculating the 10-year risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) and heart/vascular age. The predictors used are age, diabetes, smoking, systolic blood pressure, total and high density cholesterol. We investigated the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-12-01
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| Series: | Artery Research |
| Online Access: | https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/125927256/view |