Vascular Stiffness, Instead of Coronary Artery Calcification, Exhibits Significant Association With Hypertension Risk in General Population
VS plays a more important role in affecting hypertension risk compared with CAC in general population. We suggest that targeting VS would be a more appropriate strategy for mitigating incident hypertension compared with treating CAC.
Authors
- Chia‐Ter Chao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2892-7986)
- Chung‐Kuan Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4446-0167)
- Min-Tser Liao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7698-5331)
Institutions
- Fu Jen Catholic University (TW)
- Tri-Service General Hospital (TW)
- National Taiwan University (TW)
- Min Sheng General Hospital (TW)
- Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital (TW)
- National Taiwan University Hospital (TW)
- Memorial Hospital (US)
- Taipei Medical University (TW)
- National Defense Medical Center (TW)
- National Taipei University (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Hypertension
- Published
- 2025-06-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpaf096
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00