@article{8f4285465e924c689988c3d3c2383ec4,
title = "Proposed cutoff value of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity for the management of hypertension",
abstract = "Background: The optimal cutoff values of the brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) for predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD) were examined in patients with hypertension. Methods and Results: A total of 7,656 participants were followed prospectively. The hazard ratio for the development of CVD increased significantly as the baPWV increased, independent of conventional risk factors. The receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis showed that the optimal cutoff values for predicting CVD was 18.3 m/s. This cutoff value significantly predicted THE incidence of CVD. Conclusions: The present analysis suggests that the optimal cutoff value for CVD in patients with hypertension is 18.3 m/s.",
author = "Toshiaki Ohkuma and Hirofumi Tomiyama and Toshiharu Ninomiya and Kazuomi Kario and Satoshi Hoshide and Yoshikuni Kita and Toyoshi Inoguchi and Yasutaka Maeda and Katsuhiko Kohara and Yasuharu Tabara and Motoyuki Nakamura and Takayoshi Ohkubo and Hirotaka Watada and Masanori Munakata and Mitsuru Ohishi and Norihisa Ito and Michinari Nakamura and Tetsuo Shoji and Charalambos Vlachopoulos and Akira Yamashina",
note = "Funding Information: This study was supported by Omron Health Care Company (Kyoto, Japan), which awarded a grant to the baPWV IPD meta-analysis study group. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017, Japanese Circulation Society. All rights reserved.",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1253/circj.CJ-17-0636",
language = "English",
volume = "81",
pages = "1540--1542",
journal = "Circulation Journal",
issn = "1346-9843",
publisher = "Japanese Circulation Society",
number = "10",
}