Decoding the effect of social gradient and area indicators on arterial health: (DEpICT). From the community to the individual and back

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April 2025
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Background: Arterial stiffness, as measured by pulse wave velocity (PWV), is a robust indicator of arterial health as well as CVD events and all-cause mortality in the general population. Socioeconomic status (SES) as well as local environmental and other social health indicators could affect cardiovascular risk so understanding where one lives (area-level risk factors) may provide important and additional information to how one lives (individual level risk factors), to best address arterial and cardiovascular health in a more holistic framework.
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arterial stiffness

pulse wave velocity

arterial age

socioeconomic status

socioeconomic indicat...

MedDiet

physical activity

mental and general he...

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