Letter by Lambert et al Regarding Article, "Individual and Neighborhood Deprivation and Carotid Stiffness: The Paris Prospective Study III".

Large artery stiffness is a well-validated marker of vascular aging and an independent predictor of cardiovascular mortality.[1],[2] Climie et al[3] examined the association between carotid stiffness and individual and neighborhood deprivation in participants of the Paris Prospective Study III. Elevated muscle sympathetic nerve activity contributes to central artery stiffness in young and middle-age/older adults. [Extracted from the article]