Antonio Henrique Germano-Soares1, Breno Quintella Farah2, Aluísio Andrade-Lima3, Wagner Ribeiro Domingues4, Bruno Remígio Cavalcante1, Marilia de Almeida Correia5, Nelson Wolosker6, Gabriel Grizzo Cucato6, Raphael Mendes Ritti-Dias7. 1. Associated Graduate Program in Physical Education UPE/UFPB, University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. 2. Physical Education Department, Rural Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. 3. Department of Physical Education, Federal University of Sergipe, Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil. 4. Institute of Social Sciences, Education and Zootechnics, Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. 5. Universidade Nove de Julho, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 6. Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 7. Universidade Nove de Julho, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: raphaelritti@gmail.com.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to identify the clinical factors associated with arterial stiffness in patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 181 patients (67% men; mean aged 66 ± 9 years) were recruited and had their central arterial stiffness assessed by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV). Clinical characteristics are sociodemographic data, body mass index, comorbid conditions, and walking capacity. RESULTS: Multiple linear regression analysis showed that age (b = 0.182, P = 0.032), body mass index (b = 0.254, P = 0.002), and mean blood pressure (b = 0.249, P = 0.021) were positively associated with cf-PWV. CONCLUSIONS: Our results showed that the aging, elevated body mass index, and higher blood pressure are clinical factors associated with increased arterial stiffness in patients with peripheral artery disease.
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to identify the clinical factors associated with arterial stiffness in patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 181 patients (67% men; mean aged 66 ± 9 years) were recruited and had their central arterial stiffness assessed by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV). Clinical characteristics are sociodemographic data, body mass index, comorbid conditions, and walking capacity. RESULTS: Multiple linear regression analysis showed that age (b = 0.182, P = 0.032), body mass index (b = 0.254, P = 0.002), and mean blood pressure (b = 0.249, P = 0.021) were positively associated with cf-PWV. CONCLUSIONS: Our results showed that the aging, elevated body mass index, and higher blood pressure are clinical factors associated with increased arterial stiffness in patients with peripheral artery disease.