title: Relationship between brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity and metabolic syndrome components in a Chinese population.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between arterial stiffness, as measured by brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV), and the presence of the metabolic syndrome (MS) in a Chinese population. A total of 4,445 subjects were enrolled. The prevalence of MS in our study population was 21.7%, 17.2% and 25.6% for the general population, males and females, respectively. With adjustments for age, gender, cigarette smoking, heart rate, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and the use of anti-hypertensive drug, the stepwise regression analysis showed that baPWV had a significant relationship with components of MS, including systolic blood pressure (P < 0.001), diastolic blood pressure (P < 0.001), glucose (P < 0.001), high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (P  =  0.04), and triglycerides (P < 0.001), but no relationship with waist circumference (P  =  0.25). With an increase in the number of the MS components, baPWV increased significantly both in women and men. This study indicated that the MS is indeed a risk factor for arterial stiffness. Monitoring of baPWV in patients with MS may help in identifying persons at high risk for cardiovascular disease.
authors: Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
authors: Fang
authors: F
authors: Zhou
authors: Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
authors: Haifeng
authors: H
authors: Zhang
authors: Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
authors: Wenming
authors: W
authors: Yao
authors: Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
authors: Hongbin
authors: H
authors: Mei
authors: Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
authors: Dongjie
authors: D
authors: Xu
authors: Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
authors: Yanhui
authors: Y
authors: Sheng
authors: Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
authors: Rong
authors: R
authors: Yang
authors: Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
authors: Xiangqing
authors: X
authors: Kong
authors: Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
authors: Liansheng
authors: L
authors: Wang
authors: Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
authors: Jiangang
authors: J
authors: Zou
authors: Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
authors: Zhijian
authors: Z
authors: Yang
authors: Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
authors: Xinli
authors: X
authors: Li
keywords: arterial stiffness; brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity; metabolic syndrome