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ArticleScientific reports2024

Determinants of hand pulse wave velocity and hand pulse transit time in healthy adults.

Yung-Sheng Chen, Wan-An Lu, Ling-Yen Hsu, Cheng-Deng Kuo

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  1. First-harmonic attenuation of radial pulse waves as a sensitive marker for vascular aging.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026
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Yung-Sheng Chen *Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Taipei, Taipei, 111, Taiwan.
Wan-An Lu *College of LOHAS Industry, Fo-Guang University, Yilan, 262, Taiwan.
Ling-Yen HsuInstitute of Traditional Medicine, National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University School of Medicine, Taipei, 112, Taiwan.
Cheng-Deng KuoTanyu Research Laboratory, Taipei, 112, Taiwan. cdkuo23@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-3989-1950

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Abstract

Arterial pulse wave velocity (PWV) is recognized as a convenient method to assess peripheral vascular stiffness. This study explored the clinical characteristics of hand PWV (hPWV) and hand pulse transit time (hPTT) in healthy adults (sixty males = 42.4 ± 13.9 yrs; sixty-four females = 42.8 ± 13.9 yrs) voluntarily participated in this study. The arterial pulse waveform and the anatomical distance from the radial styloid process to the tip of the middle finger of both hands were recorded in the sitting position. The hPWV was calculated as the traversed distance divided by hPTT between those two points. Male subjects showed significantly greater hPWV, systolic blood pressure, and pulse pressure than age-matched female subjects, while the hPTT was not significantly different between genders. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that gender is a common determinant of hPWV and hPTT, and that age and heart rate (HR) were negatively correlated with hPWV and hPTT, respectively. We conclude that male subjects have greater hPWV than female subjects. Ageing is associated with decreased hPWV, while increased HR is associated with a smaller hPTT. The hPWV and hPTT might be used as non-invasive indices to characterise the ageing and arterial stiffness of peripheral blood vessels.

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Blood PressureHandHeart RatePulse Wave AnalysisVascular StiffnessAdultFemaleHealthy VolunteersHumansMaleMiddle AgedArterial stiffnessPeripheral blood vesselPulse transit timePulse wave velocityRadial artery

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