“…Arterial stiffness is the reduction in the compliance and distensibility of the large central arteries, and it is associated with the presence of CVD risk factors, vascular dysfunction, and inflammatory and metabolic diseased states (Alvim et al, 2017;Kohn, Lampi, & Reinhart-King, 2015;Niiranen et al, 2016;Stehouwer, Henry, & Ferreira, 2008;van Sloten, 2017;Charalambos Vlachopoulos et al, 2010). More importantly, AS is an independent predictor of future hypertension, CVD events, CVD mortality, and allcause mortality, in adults and older adult populations (Avolio, 2013;Ben-Shlomo et al, 2014;Fagard et al, 2007;Mitchell et al, 2010;Niiranen et al, 2016;Sutton-Tyrrell et al, 2005;Van Bortel et al, 2012;Vlachopoulos et al, 2010;Zheng et al, 2015).…”