Cross-Sectional Study of Arterial Stiffness in Adolescents with Down Syndrome

To test whether youth with Down syndrome  have aortic stiffness indices, as measured by pulse wave velocity (PWV), that differ from youth without Down syndrome and to compare reference-based age-adjusted (age-PWV-Z) and height-adjusted (Ht-PWV-Z) in youth with and without Down syndrome.

Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - June 10, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Andrea Kelly, Sheela N. Magge, Rachel Walega, Claire Cochrane, Mary E. Pipan, Babette S. Zemel, Meryl S. Cohen, Samuel S. Gidding, Ray Townsend Tags: Original Article Source Type: research