METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR DIAGNOSING ARTERIAL STIFFNESS

摘要

The present invention provides a method for non-invasively evaluating arterial stiffness using photoplethysmography. The method for evaluating arterial stiffness using photoplethysmography comprising the following steps: inputting user information, extracting feature points, and evaluating arterial stiffness. Particularly, the step of extracting feature points comprises feature point correction, and the step of evaluating arterial stiffness comprises the result of multiple linear regression analysis using brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) values. In addition, a user can conduct an expensive evaluation of arterial stiffness, which has only been carried out at professional facilities, at a low cost and in daily life such as at home or in the office, and thus the present invention can be applied to u-health care and home health care service environments.