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Global distributions of age- and sex-related arterial stiffness: systematic review and meta-analysis of 167 studies with 509,743 participants

BACKGROUND: Arterial stiffening is central to the vascular ageing process and a powerful predictor and cause of diverse vascular pathologies and mortality. We investigated age and sex trajectories, regional differences, and global reference values of arterial stiffness as assessed by pulse wave velo...

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Autores principales: Lu, Yao, Kiechl, Sophia J., Wang, Jie, Xu, Qingbo, Kiechl, Stefan, Pechlaner, Raimund
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10327869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37229905
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104619