Racial Differences in Arterial Stiffness are Mainly Determined by Blood Pressure Levels: Results From the ELSA‐Brasil Study

BACKGROUND: Black people have a higher risk of developing hypertension and presenting higher vascular stiffening. Our aim was to investigate whether the association between race and aortic stiffness could be explained by differences in the primary risk factors. METHODS AND RESULTS: We analyzed data...

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Autores principales: Baldo, Marcelo P., Cunha, Roberto S., Ribeiro, Antônio L.P., Lotufo, Paulo A., Chor, Dora, Barreto, Sandhi M., Bensenor, Isabela M., Pereira, Alexandre C., Mill, José Geraldo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5669170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28637779
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.005477

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