Effect of body mass index on brachial ankle pulse wave velocity in patients with primary hypertension
Liu Aoya
Zhu Yongfang
Wang Ning
Yu Zhenqiu
Abstract：Objective To explore the effect of body mass index (BMI) on brachial ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) in primary hypertension patients.Methods Intact clinical data of 699 primary hypertension patients from June 2012 to December 2013 were collected.According to BMI,all patients were divided into normal group (154 cases,18.5 kg/m2 ≤ BMI ≤ 23.9 kg/m2),overweight group (286 cases,24.0 kg/m2 ≤ BMI ≤27.9 kg/m2),obesity group (259 cases,BMI≥28.0 kg/m2).baPWV of three groups was compared and the risk factors of baPWV was analysed.Results The levels of baPWV in overweight group and obesity group were significantly higher than those in normal group [(1 650 ± 354),(1 682 ± 357) cm/s vs (1 602 ± 363) cm/s] (P ＜0.05);there was no statistically significant difference between overweight group and obesity group (P ＞ 0.05).Age,BMI and diastolic blood pressure were independent risk factors of increasing baPWV (all P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Age,BMI and diastolic blood pressure are independent risk factors of increasing baPWV.
Keywords：Primary hypertensionBody mass indexBrachial ankle pulse wave velocity
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 657-660 )