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A brachial-to-aortic pulse pressure ratio (PPA) below 1.3 indicates increased risk for cardiovascular events. This finding is particularly significant for women under 60, highlighting PPA as an underestimated risk factor.

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  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Arterial Physiology
  • Preventive Cardiology

Background:

  • Pulse pressure amplification (PPA), the brachial-to-aortic pulse pressure ratio, naturally decreases with age and is influenced by cardiovascular risk factors.
  • Understanding PPA's role in cardiovascular risk stratification is crucial for early detection and intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To establish an outcome-driven threshold for PPA using a large individual-participant meta-analysis.
  • To investigate the association between PPA and cardiovascular and coronary endpoints.
  • To assess the added value of PPA in risk stratification models.

Main Methods:

  • An individual-participant meta-analysis of population studies (n=5608) from the International Database of Central Arterial Properties for Risk Stratification.
  • Evaluation of incidence rates and multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for cardiovascular and coronary endpoints based on PPA measured by SphygmoCor software.
  • Model refinement assessed using integrated discrimination improvement (IDI) and net reclassification improvement (NRI).

Main Results:

  • A PPA threshold of 1.3 emerged as a significant risk indicator, with HRs of 1.54 for cardiovascular and 2.45 for coronary endpoints (PPA < 1.3 vs ≥ 1.3).
  • The findings were robust, validated in discovery and test datasets, and showed significant NRI.
  • Individuals under 60 years exhibited substantially higher HRs for cardiovascular (3.86) and coronary (6.21) endpoints per PPA threshold compared to those 60 years and older (1.19 and 1.77, respectively).
  • A higher proportion of high-risk women (PPA < 1.3) were observed in the younger age group (<60 years).

Conclusions:

  • A brachial-to-central pulse pressure ratio below 1.3 is a significant predictor of cardiovascular and coronary complications, independent of traditional risk factors.
  • PPA is an underestimated risk factor, especially in women aged 30-60 years.
  • Pulse wave analysis, utilizing PPA, offers valuable contribution to cardiovascular risk stratification.