Rigidez arterial en sujetos normotensos e hipertensos: frecuencia en farmacias comunitarias

Frequency of AS varied between 17.4-20.5%. Age-adjusted stiffness is associated in normotensives with male gender, pulse pressure, obesity and heart rate, in hypertensives with pulse pressure and inversely to age. Stiffness by 10 m/s is determined by higher pulse pressure and higher age. Both definitions of PWV are not interchangeable.