Relationship Between Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity and Incident Hypertension According to 2017 ACC/AHA High Blood Pressure Guidelines.

ABSTRACT: Background Arterial stiffness predicts both cardiovascular events and incident hypertension. However, whether brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) is predictive of incident hypertension based on the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) High Blood Pressure Guidelines has not been established. We performed a large cohort study to investigate whether incident hypertension could be predicted from baPWV measurements as a measure of arterial stiffness, even when applying updated hypertension criteria. Methods and Results A total of 10 360 Korean adults who underwent baPWV examination during a health-screening program between 2010 and 2016 were enrolled. Hypertension was defined according to the 2017 ACC/AHA Guidelines as 130/80 mm Hg. Cox proportional ha

SUBMITTER: Lee SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6759909 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature