Background New technologies could facilitate changes in lifestyle and improve public
health. However, no large randomized, controlled studies providing scientific evidence of the …

Background Carotid‐femoral pulse‐wave velocity (cf‐PWV) and brachial‐ankle PWV (ba‐
PWV) are the 2 most frequently applied PWV measurements. However, little is known about …

Introduction Childhood obesity leads to early subclinical atherosclerosis and arterial
stiffness. Studying biomarkers like trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), linked to cardio …

Oxidative stress is associated with cardiac and vascular defects leading to hypertension and
atherosclerosis, being superoxide dismutase (SOD) one of the main intracellular antioxidant …

Background: SARS-CoV-2 infection affects the vascular endothelium, which mediates the
inflammatory and thrombotic cascade. Moreover, alterations in the endothelium are related …

Obese children present a higher cardio-metabolic risk. Measuring vascular biomarkers that
assess the evolution of arterial stiffness, subclinical atherosclerosis, and hypertension in …

The search for biomarkers of hypertension and diabetes-induced damage to multiple target
organs is a priority. We analyzed the correlation between plasma cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1), a …

Background and objectives The examination of the fundus allows to evaluate retinal the
microcirculation in vivo. We assess the reliability and validity of ALTAIR software, and to …

Background The cardio ankle vascular index (CAVI) is a new index of the overall stiffness of
the artery from the origin of the aorta to the ankle. This index can estimate the risk of …

Introduction The process of population ageing that is occurring in developed societies
represents a major challenge for the health system. The aim of this study is to analyse …