1. P3.20 CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF AMBULATORY ARTERIAL STIFFNESS INDEX (AASI) IN YOUNG STAGE 1 HYPERTENSIVE’ S
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F. Saladini, E. Benetti, C. Fania, L. Mos, P. Ballerini, E. Cozzutti, G. Garavelli, S. Cozzio, E. Casiglia, and P. Palatini
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Specialties of internal medicine ,RC581-951 ,Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,RC666-701 - Abstract
Objective: The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between AASI and age in a cohort of stage I hypertensives < 50 years of age and to investigate its predictive capacity for future established hypertension. Methods: We studied 1157 subjects from the HARVEST study (mean follow-up 5.9 years). AASI and 24-h pulse pressure (PP) were calculated from 24-h ambulatory recordings. The predictive value of AASI for incident hypertension was evaluated with Cox regression analysis adjusting for age, sex, mean 24-h blood pressure (BP). Results: Baseline office BP was 145.5±10.4/93.6±5.6 mmHg, 24-h PP was 49.6±11.2 mmHg, AASI was 0.56±0.2. AASI was correlated with 24-h PP (r=0.41, p
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- 2013
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