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Relation of habitual cocoa consumption to aortic stiffness and wave reflections, and to central hemodynamics in healthy individuals |
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| Authors: | Vlachopoulos Charalambos V Alexopoulos Nikolaos A Aznaouridis Konstantinos A Ioakeimidis Nikolaos C Dima Ioanna A Dagre Anna Vasiliadou Carmen Stefanadi Elli C Stefanadis Christodoulos I |
| Affiliation: | Peripheral Vessels Unit, 1st Cardiology Department, Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece. cvlachop@otenet.gr |
| Abstract: | The effect of habitual cocoa consumption on arterial stiffness and wave reflection indexes, as well as on peripheral and central blood pressure, was assessed in 198 healthy subjects. In conclusion, higher cocoa intake was an independent determinant of low arterial stiffness and wave reflection indexes and was also independently associated with significantly lower central (aortic) pulse pressure. |
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