Rita Salvado, Sandra Santos-Minguez, Cristina Lugones-Sánchez, Susana Gonzalez-Sánchez, Olaya Tamayo-Morales, José A Quesada-Rico, Rocío Benito, Emiliano Rodríguez-Sánchez, Manuel A Gómez-Marcos, Verónica Casado-Vicente, Pedro Guimarães-Cunha, Jesús M Hernandez-Rivas, Alex Mira, Luis García-Ortiz
BACKGROUND: Gut microbiota and its by-products are increasingly recognized as having a decisive role in cardiovascular diseases. The aim is to study the relationship between gut microbiota and early vascular ageing (EVA). METHODS: A cross-sectional study was developed in Salamanca (Spain) in which 180 subjects aged 45-74 years were recruited. EVA was defined by the presence of at least one of the following: carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV), cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) or brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (ba-PWV) above the 90th percentile of the reference population...
April 24, 2024: European Journal of Clinical Investigation