Age aspects of arterial stiffness in patients with hypertension

To study age aspects of arterial stiffness we examined 130 patients with hypertension who signed protocol of informed consent to participate in research, mean age 61,7±14,3 years. All the patients underwent ambulatory blood pressure monitoring by the standard method and were divided into four groups: 1st group - patients of young age (n=17), 2nd group - patients of middle age (n=36), 3rd - senior patients (n=52), 4th - elderly patients (n=25). In senior and elderly patients with hypertension arterial stiffness significantly increases comparing with younger patients resulting in an increase of the index of arterial stiffness and augmentation index.