Prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains one of the largest public health
challenges of our time. Identifying individuals at increased cardiovascular risk at an …

Phytosterols (PSs), classified into plant sterols and stanols, are bioactive compounds found
in foods of plant origin. PSs have been proposed to exert a wide number of pharmacological …

This review focuses on the association between vascular calcification and arterial stiffness,
highlighting the important genetic factors, systemic and local microenvironmental signals …

2258 LEE HY et al. inguinal region are barriers to its wide clinical use. In contrast, the
brachial–ankle PWV is easy to measure and has potential for screening purposes. In small …

Investigation of arterial stiffness, especially of the large arteries, has gathered pace in recent
years with the development of readily available noninvasive assessment techniques. These …

The normal aging process is often accompanied by arterial wall stiffening and by a decrease
in myocardial compliance. These processes contribute to isolated systolic hypertension and …

Batch effects in microbiome data arise from differential processing of specimens and can
lead to spurious findings and obscure true signals. Strategies designed for genomic data to …

There is an age related decline in various physiological processes. Vascular ageing is
associated with changes in the mechanical and the structural properties of the vascular wall …

Evidence suggests that hypertension may share a similar pathophysiology with
cardiovascular disease (CVD). Thus, dyslipidemia, a strong predictor of CVD, may also …

Objective—C-reactive protein (CRP) levels predict outcome in healthy individuals and
patients with atherosclerosis. Arterial stiffness also independently predicts all-cause and …