Risk Factors for Stiffness of the Wall of the Thoracic Aorta in Patients With Mild Atherosis.

Uechi, Yoichi; Sunagawa, Osahiko; Ishikawa, N.; Inoue, Taku; Tamashiro, Masahiro; Kamiyama, Tomomasa; Suzuki, Tsutomu; Toriumi, Takashi; Fukiyama, Koshiro

doi:10.1253/jcj.65.409

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“…In the current study, both aortic and carotid IMT increased with age, were greater in men, and appeared to have associations with traditional cardiovascular risk factors (Table 2), which has been shown elsewhere. 9 Although hypertension had an independent association with carotid IMT, its association with aortic IMT was not significant when controlling for other risk factors. Based on this finding, hypertension has a stronger atherogenic effects on the carotid arteries than on the aortic arch; however, our statistical power was limited, requiring much larger studies with refined criteria to establish this finding.…”

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confidence: 91%