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Association between smoking status and the parameters of vascular structure and function in adults : results from the EVIDENT study
Recio Rodríguez, Jose I. (Centro de Salud La Almedilla (Salamanca, Castella i Lleó))
Gomez-Marcos, Manuel A (Centro de Salud La Almedilla (Salamanca, Castella i Lleó))
Patino Alonso, María C. (Universidad de Salamanca. Departamento de Estadística)
Martín-Cantera, Carlos (Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol)
Ibáñez Jalón, Elisa (Centro de Salud Casa de Barco (Valladolid, Castella i Lleó))
Melguizo Béjar, Amor (Centro de Salud Torre Ramona (Saragossa, Aragó))
Garcia-Ortiz, Luis (Centro de Salud La Almedilla (Salamanca, Castella i Lleó))
Red de Investigación en Actividades Preventivas y Promoción de la Salud. EVIDENT Group

Date: 2013
Abstract: Background: The present study analyses the relation between smoking status and the parameters used to assess vascular structure and function. Methods: This cross-sectional, multi-centre study involved a random sample of 1553 participants from the EVIDENT study. Measurements: The smoking status, peripheral augmentation index and ankle-brachial index were measured in all participants. In a small subset of the main population (265 participants), the carotid intima-media thickness and pulse wave velocity were also measured. Results: After controlling for the effect of age, sex and other risk factors, present smokers have higher values of carotid intima-media thickness (p = 0. 011). Along the same lines, current smokers have higher values of pulse wave velocity and lower mean values of ankle-brachial index but without statistical significance in both cases. Conclusions: Among the parameters of vascular structure and function analysed, only the IMT shows association with the smoking status, after adjusting for confounders.
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Language: Anglès
Document: Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject: Smoking ; Carotid intima-media thickness ; Vascular stiffness
Published in: BMC Cardiovascular disorders, Vol. 13, N. 109 (December 2013) , p. 1-8, ISSN 1471-2261

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-13-109
PMID: 24289208


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