Association between diabetes mellitus and central arterial stiffness in elderly patients with systemic arterial hypertension

Association between diabetes mellitus and central arterial stiffness in elderly patients with systemic arterial hypertension

Background Aging increases the risk of chronic diseases, especially cardiovascular diseases, leading to changes in cardiovascular anatomy and physiology even in the absence of other comorbidities. Numerous cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs), such as diabetes mellitus (DM) and systemic arterial hype...

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Main Authors: Romário Divino Vilarinho Galvão, Cristiane de Sousa Pereira, Ercilhana Gonçalves Batista Freitas, Damianna R. A. R. Teixeira Lima, Walkiria Almeida Martins Santos, Denis Fabiano Souza, Quintiliano Siqueira Schroden Nomelini, Sebastião Rodrigues Ferreira-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-11-01
Series:Clinical and Experimental Hypertension
Subjects:
elderly
arterial stiffness
hypertension
diabetes mellitus
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10641963.2020.1783547

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10641963.2020.1783547

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