P.003 EFFECTS OF AGING ON PULSE WAVE VELOCITY IN AFRICAN MEN AND WOMEN
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Background: The pulse wave velocity (PWV) in Caucasian men and women is similar and show similar increases with aging. But women develop a greater pulse pressure (PP) with aging due to smaller body size (since the height, weight and DBP are higher in men)[1]. Africans have a smaller body size than Caucasians, and African women are shorter and usually more obese than men.
Aim: To compare age-related changes in PWV of African men and women.
Methods: In 182 African men and 192 women (aged 20 to 77 years), carotid-radialis (C-R) and carotid-dorsalis pedis (C-P) PWV determined with the Complior SP. Anthropometric measurements were also done.
Results: As expected women weighed significantly more than men and were shorter than men (p<0.001). Similar SBP, DBP and PP were shown for men and women (whole group), and in all age groups (except 31–40 yrs). PWV (adjusted for BP, obesity) was overall higher (p<0.001) in men than women, also in most age groups. Only the eldest female group showed a trend to have higher C-P PWV than men.
Conclusion: Africans show contrasting results compared to Caucasians, namely significant gender differences in distensibility of the peripheral arterial tree, which seems to disappear after menopause.
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TY - JOUR AU - A.E. Schutte AU - H.W. Huisman AU - M. Reimann AU - J.M. Van Rooyen AU - L. Malan AU - N.T. Malan PY - 2007 DA - 2007/08/30 TI - P.003 EFFECTS OF AGING ON PULSE WAVE VELOCITY IN AFRICAN MEN AND WOMEN JO - Artery Research SP - 53 EP - 53 VL - 1 IS - 2 SN - 1876-4401 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2007.07.060 DO - 10.1016/j.artres.2007.07.060 ID - Schutte2007 ER -