Association between total antioxidant status and atherosclerosis in elderly patients with essential hypertension

Objective To investigate the association between plasma total antioxidant status (TAS) and association with brachial-ankle pulsewave velocity (baPWV) in the elderly patients with essential hypertension (EH) .Methods A total of 133 consecutive EH patients older than 60years were enrolled and another 92 elderly non-EH healthy subjects served as control.According to blood pressure level,EH patients were further classified