{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Meyer ML"],"funding":["NHLBI NIH HHS","PHS HHS"],"pagination":["470-5"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4850900"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["29(4)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Arterial stiffness measures are emerging tools for risk assessment and stratification for hypertension and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) is an established measure of central arterial stiffness. Other measures of PWV include femoral-ankle (faPWV), a measure of peripheral stiffness, and brachial-ankle PWV (baPWV), a composite measure of central and peripheral stiffness. Repeatability of central, peripheral, and composite PWV measures has not been adequately examined or compared.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants (n = 79; mean age 75.7 years; USA) from a repeatability study nested within the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study visit 5 (2011-2013) underwent 2 standardized visits, 4-8 weeks apart. Trained technicians obtained"],"journal":["American journal of hypertension"],"pubmed_title":["Repeatability of Central and Peripheral Pulse Wave Velocity Measures: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study."],"pmcid":["PMC4850900"],"funding_grant_id":["HHSN268201100011I","T32 HL-007055","R00 HL107642","HHSN268201100009I","HHSN268201100006C","HHSN268201100005C","HHSN268201100008C","HHSN268201100007C","R00HL107642","HHSN268201100009C","HHSN268201100011C","HHSN268201100005I","HHSN268201100010C","T32 HL007055","HHSN268201100008I","HHSN268201100012C","HHSN268201100007I","HHSN268201100005G"],"pubmed_authors":["Patel MD","Cheng S","Tanaka H","Heiss G","Poon AK","Palta P","Camplain R","Al Qunaibet A","Couper D","Meyer ML"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Repeatability of Central and Peripheral Pulse Wave Velocity Measures: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Arterial stiffness measures are emerging tools for risk assessment and stratification for hypertension and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) is an established measure of central arterial stiffness. Other measures of PWV include femoral-ankle (faPWV), a measure of peripheral stiffness, and brachial-ankle PWV (baPWV), a composite measure of central and peripheral stiffness. Repeatability of central, peripheral, and composite PWV measures has not been adequately examined or compared.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants (n = 79; mean age 75.7 years; USA) from a repeatability study nested within the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study visit 5 (2011-2013) underwent 2 standardized visits, 4-8 weeks apart. Trained technicians obtained","dates":{"release":"2016-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2016 Apr","modification":"2025-04-04T07:30:32.648Z","creation":"2019-03-27T02:12:44Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4850900","cross_references":{"pubmed":["26232036"],"doi":["10.1093/ajh/hpv127"]}}