Increased arterial stiffness and wave reflection have been identified as cardiovascular
disease risk factors. In light of significant sex differences and the moderate heritability of …

Background: Increased arterial stiffness is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular
disease. The estrogen system (estrogen and estrogen receptor-α [ER-α]) has potent …

Inflammation causes vascular dysfunction and perpetuates proatherosclerotic processes.
We hypothesized that a broad panel of inflammatory biomarkers and single nucleotide …

Objective Arterial stiffness is an independent marker of cardiovascular risk that increases
with age, hypertension, diabetes and hyperlipidemia, both for men and women (although …

Background—Arterial stiffness and mean arterial pressure variably contribute to systolic
hypertension and increased cardiovascular risk. However, few prior community-based …

Context Hypertension in young women is uncommon compared with young men and older
women. Estrogen appears to protect most women against hypertension, with incidence …

Background There is mounting physiological evidence for an important role of the oestrogen
receptors, ERα and ERβ, in vasodilatation and the response to vascular injury. In addition …

BACKGROUND: In hypertensive subjects, aortic stiffness, an independent predictor of
cardiovascular (CV) risk, measured from pulse wave velocity (PWV), contributes to enhance …

Objective To investigate the degree and potential cardiovascular determinants of arterial
stiffness, assessed by aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) measurements, and to relate arterial …

We investigated whether expression of genes previously implicated in arterial stiffening
associates with cross-sectional and longitudinal measures of arterial stiffness. Women from …