SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND LIFESTYLE DETERMINANTS OF CAROTID STIFFNESS IN YOUNG ADULTS: THE IGAME STUDY

Rossella Bruno,N. Artom,N. Colapietro,M De Feo,M. Di Pilla,Giulio Geraci,R. Gherardini,Davide Grassi,Laura Guarino,Chiara Guglielmo,L D'elia,Silvia Monticone,Giacomo Pucci

SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND LIFESTYLE DETERMINANTS OF CAROTID STIFFNESS IN YOUNG ADULTS: THE IGAME STUDY

2019

Rossella Bruno
N. Artom
N. Colapietro
M De Feo
M. Di Pilla
Giulio Geraci
R. Gherardini
Davide Grassi
Laura Guarino
Chiara Guglielmo
L D'elia
Silvia Monticone
Giacomo Pucci

Objective:Hypertension in young adults is a steadily increasing phenomenon. Increased arterial stiffness is possibly involved in its pathophysiology and may predict its development. Socio-economic and lifestyle risk factors may play a major role in early vascular aging in young adults. Thus, the aim

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Internal medicine
Endocrinology
Gerontology
Diabetes mellitus
Young adult
Medicine
vascular aging
Arterial stiffness
carotid stiffness

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