Ankle-Arm Blood Pressure Index and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Elderly Japanese Men

Ankle-Arm Blood Pressure Index and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Elderly Japanese Men

Low ankle-arm systolic blood pressure index (AAI) correlates with various cardiovascular risk factors and with risk of subsequent coronary heart disease and stroke in Western countries. However, few epidemiological data are available among Japanese, in whom the reported prevalence of peripheral arte...

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Veröffentlicht in:Hypertension Research 2003, Vol.26(5), pp.377-382
Hauptverfasser: CUI, Renzhe, ISO, Hiroyasu, YAMAGISHI, Kazumasa, TANIGAWA, Takeshi, IMANO, Hironori, OHIRA, Tetsuya, KITAMURA, Akihiko, SATO, Shinichi, NAITO, Yoshihiko, SHIMAMOTO, Takashi
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Sprache:eng
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Age Distribution
Aged
Ankle
ankle-arm index
Arm
Arteriosclerosis - epidemiology
Blood Pressure
Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology
cardiovascular risk factors
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Hypertension - epidemiology
Japan - epidemiology
Japanese
Male
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Stroke - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:Low ankle-arm systolic blood pressure index (AAI) correlates with various cardiovascular risk factors and with risk of subsequent coronary heart disease and stroke in Western countries. However, few epidemiological data are available among Japanese, in whom the reported prevalence of peripheral artery disease is low. We examined the relationship between AAI and cardiovascular risk factors among 1, 219 men aged 60 to 79 years in two Japanese communities in 1999 and 2000. The prevalence of AAI
ISSN:0916-9636
1348-4214
DOI:10.1291/hypres.26.377