ArticleAmerican journal of hypertension2013
Associations of aortic distensibility and arterial elasticity with long-term visit-to-visit blood pressure variability: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
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- Visit-to-Visit Variability of Blood Pressure and Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke, Heart Failure, and Mortality: A Cohort Study.Annals of internal medicine · 2015Trial
- The effect of hormone therapy on mean blood pressure and visit-to-visit blood pressure variability in postmenopausal women: results from the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trials.Journal of hypertension · 2014Trial
- Systolic Blood Pressure Variability and Outcomes in Atrial Fibrillation: A Nationwide Population Study in Korea.Journal of Korean medical science · 2026Article
- Isolated Diastolic Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Young Adults.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2026Article
- Average Real Variability Is an Independent Predictor of Increased Arterial Stiffness Assessed by Pulse Wave Velocity.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2026Article
- Blood Pressure Variability is Associated With Lower Cognitive Function: An Elderly Cohort Study in Hong Kong.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2026Article
- The impact of blood pressure variability and African Caribbean ethnicity on the progression of diabetic kidney disease in type 1 diabetes.Diabetologia · 2026Article
- Association between blood pressure levels and risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation: results from a prospective registry in Xinjiang, China.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Blood Pressure Variability and Adverse Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Outcomes in the ALSPAC Cohort.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
- Long-Term Blood Pressure Variability and Physical Performance in Older Adults.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2025Observational
- The Individual and Joint Associations of Systolic Blood Pressure Variability and Arterial Stiffness with Cardiovascular Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study.Journal of cardiovascular translational research · 2025Article
- Impact of Variability in Blood Pressure and Heart Rate on Beta-Blocker Adherence.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2025Article
- Association Between Visit-to-Visit Mean Arterial Pressure Variability and the Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease and Ischemic Stroke Among Patients With Hypertension in Thailand.Clinical Medicine Insights. Cardiology · 2025Article
- Computed Tomography Radiomics Nomogram to Predict the Intraoperative Hypertensive Crisis of Abdominal Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma.Current medical imaging · 2025Article
- Exploring the link between blood pressure variability and atrial fibrillation: current insights and future directions.Journal of human hypertension · 2024Review
- Legacy benefits of blood pressure treatment on cardiovascular events are primarily mediated by improved blood pressure variability: the ASCOT trial.European heart journal · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough higher visit-to-visit variability (VVV) of blood pressure (BP) is associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk, the physiological basis for VVV of BP is incompletely understood.
methodsWe examined the associations of aortic distensibility (assessed by magnetic resonance imaging) and artery elasticity indices (determined by radial artery pulse contour analysis) with VVV of BP in 2,640 and 4,560 participants, respectively, from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Arterial measures were obtained at exam 1. BP readings were taken at exam 1 and at 3 follow-up visits at 18-month intervals (exams 2, 3, and 4). VVV was defined as the SD about each participant's mean systolic BP (SBP) across visits.
resultsThe mean SDs of SBP were inversely associated with aortic distensibility: 7.7, 9.9, 10.9, and 13.2mm Hg for quartiles 4, 3, 2, and 1 of aortic distensibility, respectively (P trend < 0.001). This association remained significant after adjustment for demographics, cardiovascular risk factors, mean SBP, and antihypertensive medication use (P trend < 0.01). In a fully adjusted model, lower quartiles of large artery and small artery elasticity (LAE and SAE) indices were also associated with higher mean SD of SBP (P trend = 0.02 for LAE; P trend < 0.001 for SAE).
conclusionsIn this multiethnic cohort, functional alterations of central and peripheral arteries were associated with greater long-term VVV of SBP.
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