Metabolic syndrome and its components predict the development of arterial stiffening in a sample of adult men.
Lanfranco D'eliaAntonio BarbatoRoberto IaconeOrnella RussoPasquale StrazzulloFerruccio GallettiPublished in: Clinical and experimental hypertension (New York, N.Y. : 1993) (2021)
The results of this prospective study indicate a predictive role of MS on AS, independently of main confounders. In addition, HBP seems the strongest predictor of AS among MS components.