As we get older, our arteries stiffen. This leads to an increase in blood pressure and places us at greater risk of strokes and heart attacks. We are not sure how quickly our arteries stiffen, or whether they stiffen more quickly in older, than in younger people. Also, the reasons our arteries stiffen with age are not well understood.
We now have the means to assess arterial stiffness. The aim of this study is to measure how quickly arteries stiffen over time, and why they stiffen.
Participation: For this study we recruited 206 volunteers from the Cambridge BioResource to attend two study visits. The visits consisted of:
After the main visit the volunteer was asked to:
Organisation: The research is being conducted by Professor Kevin O'shaughnessy from the University of Cambridge.
