title: Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity and metabolic syndrome in a Japanese population: the Minoh study.
abstract: To investigate the association between brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) and metabolic syndrome (MS), we examined 374 men and 622 women aged 40 to 69 years who did not have a past history of either coronary heart disease or stroke. We used a modified National Cholesterol Education Program definition of MS that utilizes body mass index instead of waist circumference. Age-adjusted mean values of baPWV were greater when obesity, high systolic and diastolic blood pressures, high triglyceride level, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high fasting glucose level or MS itself were present. baPWV was also associated with fasting insulin levels and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) values. Mean values of baPWV (adjusted for age, smoking status, and drinking status) in men with 0, 1, 2, and > or =3 features of MS were 1,409, 1,517, 1,640, and 1,665 cm/s, respectively (p for trend <0.001). The respective adjusted mean baPWV values for women were 1,368, 1,531, 1,547, and 1,661 cm/s (p for trend <0.001). As for insulin resistance, the adjusted mean baPWV values across quartiles of HOMA-IR (lowest to highest) were 1,488, 1,514, 1,566, and 1,624 cm/s (p for trend <0.001) for men. The respective adjusted mean baPWV values for women were 1,395, 1,441, 1,464, and 1,539 cm/s (p for trend <0.001). Our findings indicate that clustered features of MS and insulin resistance are strongly associated with the risk for increased baPWV in Japanese men and women.
authors: Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Course of Social Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan. noriyuki@pbhel.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors: Noriyuki
authors: N
authors: Nakanishi
authors: Tsunehito
authors: T
authors: Shiraishi
authors: Mariko
authors: M
authors: Wada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001916:Brachial Artery / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011674:Pulse; D012307:Risk Factors