{"title":"Augmentation Index and Pulse Wave Velocity--Agreement of Two Indicators and Relationships to Blood Pressures.","authors":"Minhee Suh, Jeongok Logan, Debra J Barksdale","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>The purpose of the study was to investigate the agreement between carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) and augmentation index adjusted at heart rate 75 bpm (AI@75) and to examine the relationship of AI@75 and cfPVW to demographic factors and blood pressures (BPs) in Korean Americans.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study was a secondary analysis of a previous data setfrom 102 Korean Americans. AI@75 and cfPWV were measured using the SphygmoCor equipment. Age, gender, height, body weight and brachial BPs were included in the analysis.</p><p><strong>Result and conclusion: </strong>cfPWV and AI@7S showed a good agreement. DBP was independently associated with both cfPWV (p=.022) and AI@75 (p<.001). Although PP is considered a surrogate measure of arterial stiffness, it was related to neither cfPWV nor AI@75 in our healthy middle-aged Korean Ameri- cans. Unlike cfPWV, AI@75 should be measured and analyzed carefully considering height since height was independently related to AI@75 (p<.001).</p>","PeriodicalId":77057,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of cardiovascular nursing = Journal canadien en soins infirmiers cardio-vasculaires","volume":"26 3","pages":"18-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Canadian journal of cardiovascular nursing = Journal canadien en soins infirmiers cardio-vasculaires","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Aims: The purpose of the study was to investigate the agreement between carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) and augmentation index adjusted at heart rate 75 bpm (AI@75) and to examine the relationship of AI@75 and cfPVW to demographic factors and blood pressures (BPs) in Korean Americans.
Methods: This study was a secondary analysis of a previous data setfrom 102 Korean Americans. AI@75 and cfPWV were measured using the SphygmoCor equipment. Age, gender, height, body weight and brachial BPs were included in the analysis.
Result and conclusion: cfPWV and AI@7S showed a good agreement. DBP was independently associated with both cfPWV (p=.022) and AI@75 (p<.001). Although PP is considered a surrogate measure of arterial stiffness, it was related to neither cfPWV nor AI@75 in our healthy middle-aged Korean Ameri- cans. Unlike cfPWV, AI@75 should be measured and analyzed carefully considering height since height was independently related to AI@75 (p<.001).