Association of arterial stiffness with components of metabolic syndrome

Now to the independent predictors of cardiovascular events include indicators of arterial stiffness. It is shown that the arterial stiffness and, in particular, pulse wave velocity is increased in patients with the metabolic syndrome. It is of interest to what exactly the components of the metabolic syndrome, regardless of age is associated pulse wave velocity. We studied 63 individuals (45 women and 18 men) aged 56–78 years. The components of the metabolic syndrome was determined according to the criteria of ВНОК 2009. Pulse wave velocity in the carotid-femoral segment determined the device SphygmoCor. When analyzing the data in univariate model was registered significant association of pulse wave velocity with the age of participants (p = 0.001), hypertension (p = 0.009) and hypertriglyceridemia (p = 0.004). Multivariate analysis with the simultaneous inclusion in the model variables such as age, sex, abdominal obesity, hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia, hypo-alpha-cholesterolemia, hyper-beta-cholesterolemia, fasting hyperglycemia, has revealed that out of all of these components of the metabolic syndrome, a significant independent determinant of pulse wave velocity, along with age (p = 0.008) are only hypertriglyceridemia (p = 0.024)