Relationship between step counts and carotid femoral pulse wave velocity in adults treated for hypertension and diabetes

Objectives: ‘Step counts’ captured by wearable physical activity tracking devices are associated with reductions in cardiovascular disease. However, in individuals on cardioprotective medications the impact of step counts may not be captured by the measurement of traditional cardiometabolic risk factors. To address this gap, we aimed to assess the relationship between pedometer-derived step counts and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), a summative measure of arterial health.

Source: Artery Research - November 25, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kaberi Dasgupta, Alexandra B. Cooke, Ellen Rosenberg, Lawrence Joseph, Stella S. Daskalopoulou Source Type: research