Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity compared with mean arterial pressure and pulse pressure in risk stratification in a Chinese population.

Background: Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) can be easily measured in an observer-independent way, but lacks robust population-based validation in terms of fatal combined with nonfatal outcomes.

Method: To address this issue, we studied 4251 Chinese randomly recruited Gaoyou County (54.1% women; mean age, 52.