Hemoglobin A1c and arterial and ventricular stiffness in older adults.

Hemoglobin A1c and arterial and ventricular stiffness in older adults.

Arterial and ventricular stiffening are characteristics of diabetes and aging which confer significant morbidity and mortality; advanced glycation endproducts (AGE) are implicated in this stiffening pathophysiology. We examined the association between HbA(1c), an AGE, with arterial and ventricular s...

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Main Authors: Susan J Zieman, Aruna Kamineni, Joachim H Ix, Joshua Barzilay, Luc Djoussé, Jorge R Kizer, Mary L Biggs, Ian H de Boer, Michel Chonchol, John S Gottdiener, Elizabeth Selvin, Anne B Newman, Lewis H Kuller, David S Siscovick, Kenneth J Mukamal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3484154?pdf=render

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