title: [Brachial ankle pulse wave velocity in the patients of metabolic syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the association between metabolic syndrome (MS) and brachial ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV).
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 5476 subjects were enrolled from annual health checkups. Blood pressure, fasting plasma glucose, waist circumference, triglyceride, cholesterol, high-density and low-density lipoprotein cholesterols were measured routinely. And baPWV was determined by VP-1000 (BP-203RPE III).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The values of baPWV and its change rates in MS patients were both higher than those in non-MS subjects respectively (1419.0 (1284.0 - 1586.5) cm/s vs 1275.0 (1160.5 - 1419.6) cm/s, 16.3% (6.6% - 27.3%) vs 7.1% (1.0% - 17.2%), both P < 0.01). Systolic blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride were the important influencing components of baPWV.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MS patients have early alterations of arterial wall elasticity and function. And examination of pulse wave velocity helps to screen early arteriosclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, China.
authors.forename: Wen-hua
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Yi-min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jian-hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yue-hong
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000842:Ankle / Q000098:blood supply; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D001916:Brachial Artery / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D063177:Pulse Wave Analysis