BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABLES, SMOKING STATUS, SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE AND OBESITY AS PREDICTORS OF INCREASED ARTERIAL STIFFNESS AND EARLY ARTERIAL AGEING IN MIDDLE-AGED STUDY PARTICIPANTS

Objective:To study the relationship between blood pressure variables, cardiovascular risk factors and arterial stiffness and arterial age, respectively in middle-aged study participants.Design and method:A total of 61 middle-aged patients, 46% male, were investigated using an Arteriograph, in a cros