Fernandes-Silva MM, et al. - In a biracial community-based cohort, researchers assessed the relationship of adiposity with ventricular–arterial stiffness among the elderly. Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and body fat percentage were determined to assess adiposity. The association of these measures with carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), arterial elastance index (EaI), left ventricular (LV) end-systolic elastance index (EesI) and LV end-diastolic elastance index (EedI) was studied in 5,520 community-based, elderly Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study participants, who underwent echocardiography between 2011 and 2013. Findings revealed a link between increased adiposity and increased ventricular–arterial stiffness in this population and offered a possible mechanism by which obesity might cause HF.