@article{CDT19395,
author = {Daniel Lemogoum and Marie Patrice Halle and Ruth Dione Mboule and Philippe Van de Borne and Elysée Claude Bika Lele and Felicité Kamdem and Marie Solange Doualla and Henry Luma and Michel P. Hermans and Luc Van Bortel},
title = {Arterial stiffness in black African ancestry patients with chronic kidney disease living in Cameroon},
journal = {Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy},
volume = {8},
number = {4},
year = {2018},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Background: Increased aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV), a direct measure of arterial stiffness (AS) is an independent predictor of cardiovascular events (CVEs) in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. This study assessed the patterns of PWV among Cameroonian patients with CKD in whom that marker of early vascular aging has not been explored so far.
Methods: We enrolled 150 Black African patients (mean age: 52±15 years, 56.7% males) with CKD in a cross-sectional study conducted at Douala General Hospital, Douala, Cameroon. Sociodemographic, anthropometric and biologic variables, blood pressure (BP) and PWV were recorded in all participants. Estimated aortic PWV was measured using a Mobil-O-Graph automatic brachial oscillometric device.
Results: PWV increased with aging (P},
issn = {2223-3660}, url = {https://cdt.amegroups.org/article/view/19395}
}