Arterial stiffness in normotensive and hypertensive subjects: Frequency in community pharmacies.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Arterial stiffness (AS) is a well-recognized target organ lesion. This study aims to determine: 1) the frequency of AS in community pharmacies; 2) if stiffened subjects identified by brachial oscillometry have more CV risk factors than normal subjects, and 3) the dependence of stiffness on using either age-adjusted values or a fixed threshold. PATIENTS AND METHOD:Observational, cross-sectional study in 32 community pharmacies of the Valencia Community, between November/2015 and April/2016. Stiffness was as pulse wave velocity (PWV) measured with a semi-automatic, validated device (Mobil-O-Graph®, IEM), followed by a 10-item questionnaire. RESULTS:Mean age of the 1,427 consecutive recruited patients was 56.6 years. Overall proportion of patients with AS was 17.4% with age-adjusted PWV (9.4% in normotensives, 28.3% in hypertensives). Multivariate logistic regression showed independent association of stiffness in normotensives with male gender, obesity, higher pulse pressure and heart rate, in hypertensives, with higher pulse pressure and lower age. AS was globally found in 20.5% of subjects, defining stiffness by PWV>10m/s (6.2% in normotensives, 40.2% in hypertensives). It was associated with higher age and pulse pressure in both groups. Concordance in classifying stiffness was 74.6%. CONCLUSIONS: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 10m/s is determined by higher pulse pressure and higher age. Both definitions of PWV are not interchangeable.

journal_name

Med Clin (Barc)

journal_title

Medicina clinica

authors

Rodilla Sala E,Adell Alegre M,Giner Galvañ V,Perseguer Torregrosa Z,Pascual Izuel JM,Climent Catalá MT,en nombre del Grupo de estudio RIVALFAR.

doi

10.1016/j.medcli.2017.04.037

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-12-07 00:00:00

pages

469-476

issue

11

eissn

0025-7753

issn

1578-8989

pii

S0025-7753(17)30444-X

journal_volume

149

pub_type

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