Relation between Arterial Stiffness and Markers of Inflammation and Hemostasis – Data from the Population-based Gutenberg Health Study

Abstract The relation between inflammation, hemostasis and arterial stiffness is of pathophysiological relevance for the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Data investigating this interplay using stiffness index (SI) by digital photoplethysmography are not available yet. Therefore, sex-spe...

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Main Authors: Natalie Arnold, Tommaso Gori, Renate B. Schnabel, Andreas Schulz, Jürgen H. Prochaska, Tanja Zeller, Harald Binder, Norbert Pfeiffer, Manfred Beutel, Christine Espinola-Klein, Karl J. Lackner, Stefan Blankenberg, Thomas Münzel, Philipp S. Wild
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06175-2