2010•International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive TechnologyRequires access
The association between pulse wave velocity and metabolic syndrome of the aged
Mihee Lee, Jungchae Kim, Sun Ha Jee, Sun Kook Yoo
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Abstract
The present study was conducted to evaluate the influences of age and gender on the results of noninvasive aortic (the common carotid to femoral artery) PWV, arm (the brachial to radial artery) PWV, and leg (the femoral to dorsalis pedis artery) PWV in people with or without component of the metabolic syndrome. We analyzed 765 Korean subjects over 50 years old (470 men, age 56.2±5.8, 295 women, age 57.1±6.1). In particular, aortic PWV and arm PWV levels were not correlated with each other in men. In addition, male subjects who had only mean blood pressure component of the metabolic syndrome showed significantly higher leg PWV values compared to those without. This study shows that leg PWV level was found to be significantly associated with the features of the metabolic syndrome in Korean women. Further studies need to be performed to evaluate the optimal cut-off value of PWV for diabetes, hypertension, and metabolic syndrome in Korean.