Progression of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Partly Indicates the Prevention of Hypertension among Older Individuals in the General Population

• Published in: Life (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 13; no. 7; p. 1588
• Main Author: Shimizu, Yuji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.07.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Aged; Aldehyde dehydrogenase; Aldehydes; Analysis; Angiogenesis; Ankle; Arteriosclerosis; Atherosclerosis; Automation; Blood platelets; Blood pressure; Carotid artery; CD34; CD34 antigen; CIMT; Complications and side effects; Creatinine; Development and progression; Diagnosis; Endothelium; Enzymes; Epidemiology; Ethanol; Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; Growth factors; Health aspects; Hypertension; Infections; Leukemia; Lymphocytes T; Medical examination; Nucleotides; Oxidative stress; platelet; Prevention; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Single-nucleotide polymorphism; SNP; Software; T cells; Thermal cycling; Thickness; Vascular endothelial growth factor; VEGF; Japan; United States > US; BRAP; CIMT; ALDH2; SNP; VEGF; angiogenesis; platelet; HTLV-1; CD34; hypertension

Structural atherosclerosis, as evaluated by carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), is reported to be positively associated with hypertension. However, angiogenesis, which plays an important role in the progression of structural atherosclerosis, prevents hypertension by reducing peripheral vascular r...