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Meyer, Michelle L; Tanaka, Hirofumi; Palta, Priya; Patel, Mehul D; Camplain, Ricky; Couper, David; Cheng, Susan; Qunaibet, Ada Al; Poon, Anna K; Heiss, Gerardo Response to “Repeatability of Different Segmental Pulse Wave Velocity Measurements” Journal Article American Journal of Hypertension, 29 (7), pp. 890-890, 2016. @article{Meyer2016, title = {Response to “Repeatability of Different Segmental Pulse Wave Velocity Measurements”}, author = {Michelle L Meyer and Hirofumi Tanaka and Priya Palta and Mehul D Patel and Ricky Camplain and David Couper and Susan Cheng and Ada Al Qunaibet and Anna K Poon and Gerardo Heiss}, url = {https://academic.oup.com/ajh/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/ajh/hpw051}, doi = {10.1093/ajh/hpw051}, year = {2016}, date = {2016-05-11}, journal = {American Journal of Hypertension}, volume = {29}, number = {7}, pages = {890-890}, abstract = {To the Editor: We appreciate the thoughtful comments by Papaioannou and colleagues 1 regarding our recently published article “Repeatability of Central and Peripheral Pulse Wave Velocity Measures: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.” 2 Numerous methods are used to evaluate repeatability of measurements and those chosen are influenced by the study question. Our interest was to examine the sources of variability in repeated measures at 2 time points using the intraclass correlation coefficient and SE of measurement. Repeatability could also be evaluated using the SD of differences and Bland–Altman method. The latter relies on a visual evaluation of plots to assess bias and whether the magnitude of differences between pairs of measures varies across the range of the mean. Since we used 1 device to obtain all measurements, we cannot speak to measurement-specific bias (other than from the literature).}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } To the Editor: We appreciate the thoughtful comments by Papaioannou and colleagues 1 regarding our recently published article “Repeatability of Central and Peripheral Pulse Wave Velocity Measures: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.” 2 Numerous methods are used to evaluate repeatability of measurements and those chosen are influenced by the study question. Our interest was to examine the sources of variability in repeated measures at 2 time points using the intraclass correlation coefficient and SE of measurement. Repeatability could also be evaluated using the SD of differences and Bland–Altman method. The latter relies on a visual evaluation of plots to assess bias and whether the magnitude of differences between pairs of measures varies across the range of the mean. Since we used 1 device to obtain all measurements, we cannot speak to measurement-specific bias (other than from the literature). |
Camplain, Ricky; Meyer, Michelle L; Tanaka, Hirofumi; Palta, Priya; Agarwal, Sunil K; Aguilar, David; Butler, Kenneth R; Heiss, Gerardo Smoking Behaviors and Arterial Stiffness Measured by Pulse Wave Velocity in Older Adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study Journal Article American Journal of Hypertension, 29 (11), pp. 1268-1275, 2015, ISBN: 0895-7061. @article{Camplain2015, title = {Smoking Behaviors and Arterial Stiffness Measured by Pulse Wave Velocity in Older Adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study}, author = {Ricky Camplain and Michelle L Meyer and Hirofumi Tanaka and Priya Palta and Sunil K Agarwal and David Aguilar and Kenneth R Butler and Gerardo Heiss}, url = {https://academic.oup.com/ajh/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/ajh/hpv189}, doi = {10.1093/ajh/hpv189}, isbn = {0895-7061}, year = {2015}, date = {2015-12-10}, journal = {American Journal of Hypertension}, volume = {29}, number = {11}, pages = {1268-1275}, abstract = {BACKGROUND Though smoking is strongly associated with peripheral vascular disease and arteriosclerosis, smoking’s association with arterial stiffness has been inconsistent and mostly limited to a single arterial segment. We examined the relationship between smoking behaviors with arterial stiffness in multiple arterial segments among community dwelling older adults. METHODS The cross-sectional relationship between smoking behavior with carotid-femoral (cfPWV) and femoral-ankle pulse wave velocity (faPWV) was examined in 5,002 men and women, separately, of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) cohort study. Brachial-ankle PWV was also assessed and presented in Supplementary Material. Heckman selection models were used to control for selective attrition and death in the ARIC cohort. RESULTS In women, faPWV was lower in current smokers compared to never smokers (−66.0cm/s; 95% confidence interval (95% CI): −94.6, −37.4), and was 1.0cm/s lower (95% CI: −1.8, −0.2) for every additional year a woman smoked, after adjustment for confounders. Among women, cfPWV was not associated with smoking status or cigarette pack-years. Additionally, no associations of smoking status and cigarette pack-years with PWV were observed among men. Years since smoking cessation was not associated with PWV in either gender. CONCLUSION Both smoking status and cumulative smoking exposure were associated with lower peripheral arterial stiffness among women, but not among men. We did not observe an association between central arterial stiffness and smoking status in either gender. The profound and well-documented adverse effects of cigarette smoking on the vasculature may not include a sustained stiffening of the arteries measured at older age.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } BACKGROUND Though smoking is strongly associated with peripheral vascular disease and arteriosclerosis, smoking’s association with arterial stiffness has been inconsistent and mostly limited to a single arterial segment. We examined the relationship between smoking behaviors with arterial stiffness in multiple arterial segments among community dwelling older adults. METHODS The cross-sectional relationship between smoking behavior with carotid-femoral (cfPWV) and femoral-ankle pulse wave velocity (faPWV) was examined in 5,002 men and women, separately, of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) cohort study. Brachial-ankle PWV was also assessed and presented in Supplementary Material. Heckman selection models were used to control for selective attrition and death in the ARIC cohort. RESULTS In women, faPWV was lower in current smokers compared to never smokers (−66.0cm/s; 95% confidence interval (95% CI): −94.6, −37.4), and was 1.0cm/s lower (95% CI: −1.8, −0.2) for every additional year a woman smoked, after adjustment for confounders. Among women, cfPWV was not associated with smoking status or cigarette pack-years. Additionally, no associations of smoking status and cigarette pack-years with PWV were observed among men. Years since smoking cessation was not associated with PWV in either gender. CONCLUSION Both smoking status and cumulative smoking exposure were associated with lower peripheral arterial stiffness among women, but not among men. We did not observe an association between central arterial stiffness and smoking status in either gender. The profound and well-documented adverse effects of cigarette smoking on the vasculature may not include a sustained stiffening of the arteries measured at older age. |
2016 |
Meyer, Michelle L; Tanaka, Hirofumi; Palta, Priya; Patel, Mehul D; Camplain, Ricky; Couper, David; Cheng, Susan; Qunaibet, Ada Al; Poon, Anna K; Heiss, Gerardo Response to “Repeatability of Different Segmental Pulse Wave Velocity Measurements” Journal Article American Journal of Hypertension, 29 (7), pp. 890-890, 2016. @article{Meyer2016, title = {Response to “Repeatability of Different Segmental Pulse Wave Velocity Measurements”}, author = {Michelle L Meyer and Hirofumi Tanaka and Priya Palta and Mehul D Patel and Ricky Camplain and David Couper and Susan Cheng and Ada Al Qunaibet and Anna K Poon and Gerardo Heiss}, url = {https://academic.oup.com/ajh/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/ajh/hpw051}, doi = {10.1093/ajh/hpw051}, year = {2016}, date = {2016-05-11}, journal = {American Journal of Hypertension}, volume = {29}, number = {7}, pages = {890-890}, abstract = {To the Editor: We appreciate the thoughtful comments by Papaioannou and colleagues 1 regarding our recently published article “Repeatability of Central and Peripheral Pulse Wave Velocity Measures: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.” 2 Numerous methods are used to evaluate repeatability of measurements and those chosen are influenced by the study question. Our interest was to examine the sources of variability in repeated measures at 2 time points using the intraclass correlation coefficient and SE of measurement. Repeatability could also be evaluated using the SD of differences and Bland–Altman method. The latter relies on a visual evaluation of plots to assess bias and whether the magnitude of differences between pairs of measures varies across the range of the mean. Since we used 1 device to obtain all measurements, we cannot speak to measurement-specific bias (other than from the literature).}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } To the Editor: We appreciate the thoughtful comments by Papaioannou and colleagues 1 regarding our recently published article “Repeatability of Central and Peripheral Pulse Wave Velocity Measures: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.” 2 Numerous methods are used to evaluate repeatability of measurements and those chosen are influenced by the study question. Our interest was to examine the sources of variability in repeated measures at 2 time points using the intraclass correlation coefficient and SE of measurement. Repeatability could also be evaluated using the SD of differences and Bland–Altman method. The latter relies on a visual evaluation of plots to assess bias and whether the magnitude of differences between pairs of measures varies across the range of the mean. Since we used 1 device to obtain all measurements, we cannot speak to measurement-specific bias (other than from the literature). |
2015 |
Camplain, Ricky; Meyer, Michelle L; Tanaka, Hirofumi; Palta, Priya; Agarwal, Sunil K; Aguilar, David; Butler, Kenneth R; Heiss, Gerardo Smoking Behaviors and Arterial Stiffness Measured by Pulse Wave Velocity in Older Adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study Journal Article American Journal of Hypertension, 29 (11), pp. 1268-1275, 2015, ISBN: 0895-7061. @article{Camplain2015, title = {Smoking Behaviors and Arterial Stiffness Measured by Pulse Wave Velocity in Older Adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study}, author = {Ricky Camplain and Michelle L Meyer and Hirofumi Tanaka and Priya Palta and Sunil K Agarwal and David Aguilar and Kenneth R Butler and Gerardo Heiss}, url = {https://academic.oup.com/ajh/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/ajh/hpv189}, doi = {10.1093/ajh/hpv189}, isbn = {0895-7061}, year = {2015}, date = {2015-12-10}, journal = {American Journal of Hypertension}, volume = {29}, number = {11}, pages = {1268-1275}, abstract = {BACKGROUND Though smoking is strongly associated with peripheral vascular disease and arteriosclerosis, smoking’s association with arterial stiffness has been inconsistent and mostly limited to a single arterial segment. We examined the relationship between smoking behaviors with arterial stiffness in multiple arterial segments among community dwelling older adults. METHODS The cross-sectional relationship between smoking behavior with carotid-femoral (cfPWV) and femoral-ankle pulse wave velocity (faPWV) was examined in 5,002 men and women, separately, of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) cohort study. Brachial-ankle PWV was also assessed and presented in Supplementary Material. Heckman selection models were used to control for selective attrition and death in the ARIC cohort. RESULTS In women, faPWV was lower in current smokers compared to never smokers (−66.0cm/s; 95% confidence interval (95% CI): −94.6, −37.4), and was 1.0cm/s lower (95% CI: −1.8, −0.2) for every additional year a woman smoked, after adjustment for confounders. Among women, cfPWV was not associated with smoking status or cigarette pack-years. Additionally, no associations of smoking status and cigarette pack-years with PWV were observed among men. Years since smoking cessation was not associated with PWV in either gender. CONCLUSION Both smoking status and cumulative smoking exposure were associated with lower peripheral arterial stiffness among women, but not among men. We did not observe an association between central arterial stiffness and smoking status in either gender. The profound and well-documented adverse effects of cigarette smoking on the vasculature may not include a sustained stiffening of the arteries measured at older age.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } BACKGROUND Though smoking is strongly associated with peripheral vascular disease and arteriosclerosis, smoking’s association with arterial stiffness has been inconsistent and mostly limited to a single arterial segment. We examined the relationship between smoking behaviors with arterial stiffness in multiple arterial segments among community dwelling older adults. METHODS The cross-sectional relationship between smoking behavior with carotid-femoral (cfPWV) and femoral-ankle pulse wave velocity (faPWV) was examined in 5,002 men and women, separately, of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) cohort study. Brachial-ankle PWV was also assessed and presented in Supplementary Material. Heckman selection models were used to control for selective attrition and death in the ARIC cohort. RESULTS In women, faPWV was lower in current smokers compared to never smokers (−66.0cm/s; 95% confidence interval (95% CI): −94.6, −37.4), and was 1.0cm/s lower (95% CI: −1.8, −0.2) for every additional year a woman smoked, after adjustment for confounders. Among women, cfPWV was not associated with smoking status or cigarette pack-years. Additionally, no associations of smoking status and cigarette pack-years with PWV were observed among men. Years since smoking cessation was not associated with PWV in either gender. CONCLUSION Both smoking status and cumulative smoking exposure were associated with lower peripheral arterial stiffness among women, but not among men. We did not observe an association between central arterial stiffness and smoking status in either gender. The profound and well-documented adverse effects of cigarette smoking on the vasculature may not include a sustained stiffening of the arteries measured at older age. |