Aortic stiffness and calcification in men in a population-based international study

• Published in: Atherosclerosis Vol. 222; no. 2; pp. 473 - 477
• Main Authors: Sekikawa, Akira, Shin, Chol, Curb, J. David, Barinas-Mitchell, Emma, Masaki, Kamal, El-Saed, Aiman, Seto, Todd B, Mackey, Rachel H, Choo, Jina, Fujiyoshi, Akira, Miura, Katsuyuki, Edmundowicz, Daniel, Kuller, Lewis H, Ueshima, Hirotsugu, Sutton-Tyrrell, Kim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.06.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; African Americans; African Americans - statistics & numerical data; Age Factors; Aorta - pathology; Aorta - physiopathology; Aortic calcification; Aortic Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Aortic Diseases - ethnology; Aortic Diseases - pathology; Aortic Diseases - physiopathology; Aortic stiffness; Aortography - methods; Asian Americans - statistics & numerical data; Asian Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data; atherosclerosis; Atherosclerosis (general aspects, experimental research); Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; calcification; calcium; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular; Compliance; computed tomography; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diseases of the aorta; elderly; European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data; Humans; International multi-ethnic study; Japan - epidemiology; kidney diseases; Koreans; Linear Models; Male; Medical sciences; men; Middle Aged; middle-aged adults; mortality; patients; Prevalence; Pulsatile Flow; Republic of Korea - epidemiology; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; Sex Factors; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; United States - epidemiology; Vascular Calcification - diagnostic imaging; Vascular Calcification - ethnology; Vascular Calcification - physiopathology; International multi-ethnic study; Aortic calcification; Aortic stiffness; Human; Cardiovascular disease; Artery; Vascular disease; Blood vessel; Atherosclerosis; Calcification; Aorta; Stiffness; Circulatory system
• ISSN: 0021-9150; 1879-1484
• DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.03.027

Highlights ► Aortic stiffness is an independent risk factor of cardiovascular disease. ► We examined the association of aortic stiffness with aortic calcification. ► We examined it in a population-based multi-ethnic cohort of 906 healthy men. ► Aortic stiffness was measured as carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV). ► cfPWV had a significant positive association with aortic calcification.