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Pulse Wave Velocity Testing in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
Published on: February 7, 2014
Serum calcium level is associated with brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in middle-aged and elderly Chinese
Xin Ru Deng1, Yin Fei Zhang2, Tian Ge Wang1
1Key Laboratory for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ministry of Health, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, E-Institute of Shanghai Universities, Shanghai 200025, China; Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
Objective:
To study the relation between serum calcium level and elevated BaPWV in Chinese subjects.
Methods:
The relation between serum calcium level and elevated BaPWV was studied in 9 615 subjects. The mean value of left and right BaPWV was analyzed. BaPWV was defined as high when it was ⋝1752.5 cm/s (the upper quartile) either side.
Results:
The BaPWV and its elevated percentage progressively increased across the quartiles of the serum calcium level (P<0.05). The prevalence of elevated BaPWV was significantly higher in subjects of the second, third and highest quartiles than in those of the lowest quartile (26.9%, 28.4%, and 33.2% vs 23.7%, P=0.0116, P=0.0004, and P<0.0001). Logistic regression analysis revealed that the risk of elevated BaPWV was 1.32- fold higher in subjects of the highest quartile than in those of the lowest quartile (OR=1.32, 95% CI: 1.08-1.60).
Conclusion:
The elevated serum calcium level is related to an elevated BaPWV and a higher risk of arterial stiffness, independent of conventional risk factors, in middle-aged and elderly Chinese subjects.
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