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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"AUGMENTATION INDEX"”.
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Effect Of Dimethylarginine Dimethylaminohydrolase In The Development Of Salt Sensitivity
… rose (SBP: +2.8 mm Hg; DBP +0.8 mm Hg) and the augmentation index (a measure of arterial stiffness) increased by almost 12% after sodium exposure, though not statistically significant. The difference in sodium:creatinine ratio was directly proportional to the change in BP (SBP: p = 0.01; DBP p = …
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The relevance of performing 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure And pulse wave analysis in kidney transplant recipients
… of calculating pulse wave velocity (PWV),augmentation index and central BP was undertaken. Patients were assessed for controlled hypertension, uncontrolled hypertension, masked hypertension, nocturnal hypertension, white coat hypertension, and dipping BP status. Data were analysed using …
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The effect of single nucleotide polymorphisms of oxidative stress genes and low grade inflammation upon pulse wave contour analysis, a useful non invasive, intermediate vascular phenotype.
… there was a significant correlation between both Augmentation Index (AIx) and C1and AIx and C2 in healthy volunteers and though there was no association between AIx and C1 in patients with coronary artery disease AIx did correlate with C2 in this population. Chapter 4: The effect of the G894T SNP …
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PRETERM BIRTH, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AND ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IN YOUNG ADULTS
… assessed via applanation tonometry from which augmentation index (AI) and AI at heart rate of 75 (AI75) were examined. Physical activity (PA) was assessed via questionnaire and past year average total hours per week (TOT-hrs), vigorous hours per week (Vig-hrs; PA > 6 METs), MET-hrs per week …
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ACUTE EFFECTS OF LONG DISTANCE RUNNING ON C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AND ARTERIAL STIFFNESS
… (CRP), aortic blood pressure (BP), aortic augmentation index (AIx), PWV, and LF:HF ratio. We hypothesized that CRP, AIx, PWV and LF:HF ratio would be elevated 24 hours post-race. Our secondary hypothesis was that changes in PWV would be inversely correlated to the percentage of moderate …
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Allopurinol Regresses Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
… change in flow mediated dilatation (FMD) and augmentation index (AIx).<br/><br/>Allopurinol significantly reduced absolute LVM (-2.65 ± 5.91g and placebo group +1.21 ± 5.10g (p=0.012)) and LVM indexed to body surface area (-1.32 ± 2.84g/m2 and placebo group +0.65 ± 3.07g/m2 (p=0.017)). When …
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Vitamin D and health during pregnancy
… in normotensive pregnancies, including augmentation index and pulse wave velocity. This thesis addresses the knowledge gap needed to establish pregnancyspecific DRVs for vitamin D among white women, highlights ethnic considerations for nutrition research and provides a comprehensive …
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Associations of serum zinc and copper concentrations within cardiovascular and neurological traits
… concentrations were associated with increases in augmentation index in multivariable-adjusted statistical models. Moreover, circulating copper concentrations were directly associated with pulse wave velocity and this association was non-linear. Secondly, serum zinc and copper concentrations were …
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Relationships of social and physical environmental factors with cardiometabolic outcomes
… CVD markers including pulse wave velocity (PWV), augmentation index (AIx) and brachial distensibility (BrachD) using a repeated measures design. Reduction in PM2.5 on the day prior to assessment was associated with lower AIx, but not associated with either PWV or BrachD. In summary, exposure to …
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Effects of pomegranate extract supplementation on cardiovascular disease risk and physical function in patients with chronic renal failure
… on other markers of CVD risk (e.g., β stiffness index, augmentation index, pulse wave velocity, or carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT)), serum markers of inflammation and oxidative stress, or measures of physical function and muscle strength. CONCLUSION: This data suggests that while …
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The impact of fish oil fatty-acids on post-prandial vascular reactivity.
… but not EPA (p=0.06) significantly reduced Augmentation Index (AI) postprandially when compared to control. AI was reduced by 13.3% and 11.3% in response to DHA and EPA respectively. In addition, our data shows for the first time, that levels of the vasoactive n-3 PUFA epoxide and diol …
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The Effect of Allopurinol on Left Ventricular Mass in Patients with Treated Essential Hypertension
… assessed change in flow mediated dilation, augmentation index, pulse wave velocity, blood pressure control, biomarkers (Urate, High sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (HsCRP), Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARs), N-terminal prohormone B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (NTproBNP), …
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Does military combat-related traumatic injury increase cardiovascular disease risk?
… (expressed as central [AIx] and peripheral [pAI] Augmentation Index), pulse wave velocity (PWV), brachial and central aortic blood pressure, subendocardial viability ratio (SEVR), an indirect marker of myocardial blood perfusion, were measured using the Vicorder device. Injury severity was …
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Nutritional intake, systemic vascular function and clinical outcome in Bolivian highlanders with Chronic Mountain Sickness
… carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (c-f PWV), augmentation index normalised for a heart rate of 75 beats/minute(AIx@75) and carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT). Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) was used to clinically assess cognition and Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) to assess …
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Effects of Far Infrared Irradiation on Vascular Function in Healthy Subjects
… using pulse wave analysis to determine the augmentation index (AI@75%) using a Sphygmocor device. Blood was obtained to look at circulatory biomarkers including cytokines, adhesion molecules, and oxidative stress biomarkers. Furthermore, the expression of 9 genes regulated by the nuclear …
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The risk and severity of preeclampsia secondary to iodine deficiency and iodine deficiency-mediated subclinical hypothyroidism: mechanisms and early cardiovascular consequences
… (oxLDL), pulse wave velocity (PWV) and aortic augmentation index (AI). In the third part of the thesis, two studies aimed at exploring mechanisms through which iodine and other micronutrient deficiencies together with environmental factors predispose to preeclampsia and eclampsia are presented. …