Background And Objective: Arterial stiffness (AS) is a well-recognized target organ lesion. This study aims to determine: 1) the frequency of AS in community pharmacies; 2) if stiffened subjects identified by brachial oscillometry have more CV risk factors than normal subjects, and 3) the dependence of stiffness on using either age-adjusted values or a fixed threshold.
Patients And Method: Observational, cross-sectional study in 32 community pharmacies of the Valencia Community, between November/2015 and April/2016.
Background And Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the factors related to new diabetes in hypertensive.
Patients And Methods: This prospective follow-up study involved 2588 non-diabetic, hypertensive patients. The total follow-up was 15053 patient-years with a median of 3.