The Study of Blood Pressure Variability to Impact Arterial Stiffness and Carotid Atherosclerosis

Yan Li

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Carotid Atherosclerosis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01466699

WS1916673

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether and what extent blood pressure variability is associated with arterial stiffness and carotid atherosclerosis, furthermore to compare the difference in the relationship of the types of blood pressure variability with arterial stiffness and carotid atherosclerosis.

Enrollment: 1,235 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Can step by himself/herself

Exclusion criteria

• Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
• Secondary hypertension
• Chronic cardiac, renal, gastro-intestinal, pulmonary or any other systemic disease process requiring chronic intake of prescription medications