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ArticleEuropean journal of pediatrics2026

The ambulatory arterial stiffness index is not a measure of arterial stiffness in a selected group of children at risk of secondary hypertension.

Plamen Bokov, Elodie Surget, Cherine Benzouid, Benjamin Dudoigon, Julien Hogan, Christophe Delclaux

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Plamen BokovDepartment of Physiology, Sleep Medicine and National Reference Center for Rare Diseases of the Respiratory System, INSERM NeuroDiderot, Robert Debré Hospital, AP-HP, Cité University, 48, Boulevard Sérurier, 75019, Paris, France.
Elodie SurgetDepartment of Cardiology and National Reference Center for Rare Diseases of Hereditary Cardiac Rhythm,, Robert Debré Hospital, AP-HP, 75019, Paris, France.
Cherine BenzouidDepartment of Physiology and Sleep Medicine, Robert Debré Hospital, AP-HP, 75019, Paris, France.
Benjamin DudoigonDepartment of Physiology and Sleep Medicine, Robert Debré Hospital, AP-HP, 75019, Paris, France.
Julien HoganDepartment of Pediatric Nephrology, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris Cité University, AP-HP, 75019, Paris, France.
Christophe DelclauxDepartment of Physiology, Sleep Medicine and National Reference Center for Rare Diseases of the Respiratory System, INSERM NeuroDiderot, Robert Debré Hospital, AP-HP, Cité University, 48, Boulevard Sérurier, 75019, Paris, France. christophe.delclaux@aphp.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2786-0812

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Abstract

The ambulatory arterial stiffness index (AASI) has emerged as an ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) measure of stiffness and is supposedly useful in younger subjects. The objective of our study was to evaluate the relationships between the AASI and indices of arterial stiffness in a pediatric population at risk of hypertension. Cross-sectional study of children/adolescents (8-18 years) whose pulse wave velocity (PWV: carotid-to-femoral cf-PWV and heart-finger hf-PWV), augmentation index (AIx; normalized at 75 bpm: AIx

conclusionAASI is not a measure of arterial stiffness in children at risk of secondary hypertension. WHAT IS KNOWN: • The ambulatory arterial stiffness index (AASI) has emerged as an ambulatory blood pressure monitoring measure of stiffness and is supposedly useful in younger subjects. Few adult studies validated the concept of AASI as a marker of arterial stiffness, and recent studies suggested the need for AASI measurement in pediatric subjects. WHAT IS NEW: • Our cross-sectional study, which used different methods for the assessment of vascular remodeling, shows that the AASI is not a reliable marker of arterial stiffness in children at risk of secondary hypertension.

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Blood Pressure Monitoring, AmbulatoryHypertensionVascular StiffnessAdolescentBlood PressureChildCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMalePulse Wave AnalysisRisk FactorsAmbulatory arterial stiffness indexAmbulatory blood pressure monitoringChildhood hypertensionPulse wave velocity

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