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Central blood pressure and pulse wave amplification across the spectrum of peripheral blood pressure in overweight and obese youth.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Jul 2016
Lurbe Empar, Torro María Isabel, Alvarez-Pitti Julio, Redon Pau, Redon Josep
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To identify vascular phenotypes across blood pressure (BP) conditions in overweight and obese youths, by assessing office BP (oBP), and central BP (cBP), and pulse pressure (PP) amplification. Whether or not 24-h ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) and pulse wave velocity (PWV) add insight to the issue has also been examined. METHODS: White youths of both sexes with overweight or obesity and of European...
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