Characteristics and Determinants of the Sublingual Microcirculation in Populations of Different Ethnicity

Yu-Mei Gu, Shuai Wang, Lu Zhang, Yan-Ping Liu, Lutgarde Thijs, Thibault Petit, Zhenyu Zhang, Fang-Fei Wei, Yuan-Yuan Kang, Qi-Fang Huang, Chang-Sheng Sheng, Harry A. J. Struijker-Boudier, Tatiana Kuznetsova, Peter Verhamme, Yan Li, Jan A. Staessen*

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Abstract

No previous population study assessed sublingual capillary density (CD) or perfused boundary region (PBR). Lower PBR indicates greater glycocalyx width. In 252 Han and 220 She Chinese and 254 Flemish people (mean age, 51.1 years; 54.7% women), representing random population samples, we measured total and perfused CD and PBR in the sublingual capillary bed, using oblique profiled epi-illumination, and cardiovascular risk factors. In multivariable analyses, we modeled ethnicity as random effect. Significance level was alpha
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)993-1001
JournalHypertension
Volume65
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2015

Keywords

  • capillaries
  • glycocalyx
  • microcirculation
  • population
  • risk factors

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