Longitudinal effects of a decade of aging on carotid artery stiffness: the multiethnic study of atherosclerosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Arterial stiffening is associated with hypertension, stroke, and cognitive decline; however, the effects of aging and cardiovascular disease risk factors on carotid artery stiffening have not been assessed prospectively in a large multiethnic longitudinal study.

Methods

Distensibility coefficient and the Young's elastic modulus (YEM) of the right common carotid artery were calculated at baseline and after a mean of 9.4 (standard deviation [SD], 0.5) years in 2650 participants. Effects of age and cardiovascular disease risk factors were evaluated by multivariable mixed regression and ANCOVA models.

Results

At baseline, participants were 59.9 (SD, 9.4) years old (53% women; 25% black, 22% Hispanic, 14% Chinese). YEM increased from 1581 (SD, 927) t

SUBMITTER: Gepner AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3888489 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature