P3.24: Sex-Specific Associations Between Carotid Distensibility and Prior Blood Pressure Categories — Results From the Sapaldia Cohort

Objective Hypertension is a major risk factor of cardiovascular events. To identify potential sex specific differences in the association of prior blood pressure (BP) to arterial stiffness, we studies the relative change of lumen diameter for a given pulse pressure (distensibility) in participants of the SAPALDIA cohort study. Methods In the first follow up in 2002 brachial systolic and diastolic BP were examined in 6456 participants. They were divided into five BP categories (systolicBP/diastolicBP mmHg): ‘optimal’