Reliability of measurement of endothelial function across multiple institutions and establishment of reference values in Japanese

• Published in: Atherosclerosis Vol. 242; no. 2; pp. 433 - 442
• Main Authors: Tomiyama, Hirofumi, Kohro, Takahide, Higashi, Yukihito, Takase, Bonpei, Suzuki, Toru, Ishizu, Tomoko, Ueda, Shinichiro, Yamazaki, Tsutomu, Furumoto, Tomoo, Kario, Kazuomi, Inoue, Teruo, Koba, Shinji, Watanabe, Kentaro, Takemoto, Yasuhiko, Hano, Takuzo, Sata, Masataka, Ishibashi, Yutaka, Node, Koichi, Maemura, Koji, Ohya, Yusuke, Furukawa, Taiji, Ito, Hiroshi, Ikeda, Hisao, Yamashina, Akira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.10.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Atherosclerosis - diagnosis; Atherosclerosis - ethnology; Atherosclerosis - physiopathology; Automation; Brachial Artery - physiopathology; Cardiovascular; Cohort Studies; Endothelial function; Endothelium, Vascular - physiology; Female; Humans; Japan; Male; Middle Aged; Reference value; Reference Values; Reliability; Reproducibility of Results; ROC Curve; Standardization; Vasodilation; Japan; Reference value; Endothelial function; Reliability; Standardization

For the standardization of flow-mediated vasodilatation (FMD) assessment as a clinical tool, validation of its reliability across multiple institutions and the establishment of normal/reference values based on reliable data from multiple institutions are needed. In Study 1, assessment of FMD (scan r...