Associations between cardiovascular risk factors and diseases with aortic pulse wave velocity and aortic distensibility: magnetic resonance imaging in the Hamburg city health study

The presence of CVRF and/or CVD is related to significantly higher PWV and lower AD values. However, hypertension is the only CVRF/CVD consistently associated with higher PWV and lower AD after adjustment for age and sex. Our findings do not indicate a predictive value of abnormal PWV and AD values for prevalent CAD and MI.