Association of Vascular Health Measures and Physical Function: A Prospective Analysis in the Framingham Heart Study.
Shivani SahniAlyssa B DufourNa WangDouglas P KielMarian T HannanPaul F JacquesEmelia J BenjaminRamachandran S VasanJoanne M MurabitoAnne B NewmanRoger A FieldingGary F MitchellNaomi M HamburgPublished in: The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences (2023)
Higher brachial artery pulse pressure (measure of aortic stiffness) was associated with loss of physical function over ~11 years, although we found no evidence that microvascular function contributed to the relation.