Observational studyBMC cardiovascular disorders2016
Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity and metabolic syndrome in general population: the APAC study.
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- Factors Associated with Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity in an Apparently Healthy Chinese Population.BioMed research international · 2020Trial
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- Crosstalk Between Metabolic Biomarkers and Pulse Wave Analysis in Hypertensive Patients.Biomedicines · 2025Article
- Association between Metabolic Syndrome Score and Subclinical Atherosclerosis.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
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- Impact of Mast Cell Activation on Neurodegeneration: A Potential Role for Gut-Brain Axis andNeurology international · 2024Review
- Association of metabolically unhealthy non-obese and metabolically healthy obese individuals with arterial stiffness and 10-year cardiovascular disease risk: a cross-sectional study in Chinese adults.Nutrition journal · 2023Article
- A Cross-Sectional Investigation of the Association between Arterial Stiffness and Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety Symptoms, and Quality of Life.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Association of Nondiabetic Glucometabolic Status and Aortic Stiffness in Community Hypertension Patients.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2022Article
- Predictive Performance and Optimal Cut-Off Points of Blood Pressure for Identifying Arteriosclerosis among Adults in Eastern China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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- Letter: Effects of 6 Months of Dapagliflozin Treatment on Metabolic Profile and Endothelial Cell Dysfunction for Obese Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients without Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (J Obes Metab Syndr 2020;29:215-21).Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome · 2021Article
- Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity as a Novel Modality for Detecting Early Diabetic Nephropathy in Type 2 Diabetes Patients.Journal of diabetes research · 2021Observational
- Effect of metabolically healthy obesity on the development of arterial stiffness: a prospective cohort study.Nutrition & metabolism · 2020Article
- The risk of stroke and associated risk factors in a health examination population: A cross-sectional study.Medicine · 2019Observational
- Parameters of pulse wave velocity: determinants and reference values assessed in the population-based study LIFE-Adult.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2018Article
- Low Levels of Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin Constitute an Independent Risk Factor for Arterial Stiffness in Korean Women.International journal of endocrinology · 2017Article
- Arterial stiffness and its association with clustering of metabolic syndrome risk factors.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundMetabolic syndrome (MetS) is correlated with arterial stiffness and can be evaluated by brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV). We investigated potential associations between MetS and baPWV in a Chinese community population.
methodsThe community-based Asymptomatic Polyvascular Abnormalities in Community study examined asymptomatic polyvascular abnormalities in a Chinese population aged ≥40 years. The relationship between MetS and its components and baPWV was analyzed by multivariate logistic and linear regression models.
resultsOut of 5181 study participants, 1271 subjects (24.53%) had MetS. Mean values of baPWV in subjects with 0, 1, 2,3, 4, and 5 components of MetS were 1430, 1526, 1647, 1676,1740, and 1860 cm/s, respectively (p < 0.001 for trend). After adjusting for confounding risk factors, MetS was significantly associated with baPWV (odds ratio [OR]: 2.74; 95% CI: 2.28, 3.30). Among the five components of MetS, elevated blood pressure was the most important factor for baPWV. All models of multivariate linear regression analysis showed a significant positive correlation between the increasing numbers of MetS components and baPWV (p < 0.0001).
conclusionsbaPWV was associated with MetS and was greater with increasing numbers of MetS components. Elevated blood pressure was the most important factor for baPWV.
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