Arterial stiffness in systemic inflammatory disease

Arterial stiffness in systemic inflammatory disease (observational case-control study)

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12610000843055

Enrollment

Registered

2010-10-06

Start date

2008-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Evaluation of vascular risk markers in patients with systemic inflammation like patients with periaortitis or lupus in comparision to patients with and without arterial hypertension

Interventions

Evaluation of vascular risk markers in different study populations (cross-sectional case-control design) duration: 1 year methods: arterial stiffness measured by pulse wave velocity; arterial blood pressure measured by spygnomanometry; evaluation of cardiovascular risk factors (e.g. laboratory serum parameters like cholesterol, glycated hemiglobin and clinical assessment)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

- patients with active or chronic systemic inflammatory disease - or patients arterial hypertension for more than 5 years - healthy persons - written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

- cardiac arrhythmia - patients / persons < 18 years of age - women with a known pregancy

Outcome results