Physical exercise, fitness and dietary pattern and their relationship with circadian blood pressure pattern, augmentation index and endothelial dysfunction biological markers: EVIDENT study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthy lifestyles may help to delay arterial aging. The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship of physical activity and dietary pattern to the circadian pattern of blood pressure, central and peripheral blood pressure, pulse wave velocity, carotid intima-media thickness and biological markers of endothelial dysfunction in active and sedentary individuals without arteriosclerotic disease.

Methods/design

Design

A cross-sectional multicenter study with six research groups.

Subjects

From subjects of the PEPAF project cohort, in which 1,163 who were sedentary became active, 1,942 were sedentary and 2,346 were active. By stratified random sampling, 1,500 subjects will be included, 250 in each group.

Primary measurements

We will evalu

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Ortiz L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2881095 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature