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2.5 Brachial blood pressure and cardiac variables The heart rate (HR) and beat-to-beat peripheral BP waveforms were monitored using a three-lead electrocardiogram (BSM-2401, Nihon Kohden, Tokyo, Japan ...

In addition, the mean brachial blood pressure of the MS groups did not meet the clinical definition of hypertension. One possibility is that arterial stiffness precedes hypertension in MS and ...