Agne Laucyte-Cibulskiene, Chen-Huan Chen, John Cockroft, Pedro G Cunha, Maryam Kavousi, Aleksandras Laucevicius, Maria Lorenza Muiesan, Ernst R Rietzschel, Ligita Ryliskyte, Irina D Strazhesko, Charalambos Vlachopoulos, Jorge Cotter, Ekatherina N Dudinskaya, Nichola Gale, Fariba Ahmadizar, Francesco U S Mattace-Raso, Maggie Munnery, Pedro Oliveira, Anna Paini, Massimo Salvetti, Olga N Tkacheva, Edward G Lakatta, Peter M Nilsson, Angelo Scuteri
The effect of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and clusters of its components on central blood pressure (CBP) has not been well characterized. We aimed to describe the effect of MetS and clusters of its components on CBP in a large population and to identify whether this effect differs in men and women. We studied 15,609 volunteers (43% women) from 10 cohorts worldwide who participated in the Metabolic syndrome and Artery REsearch Consortium. MetS was defined according to the NCEP-ATP III criteria (GHTBW, glucose, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglyceride, blood pressure, waist circumference)...
August 24, 2022: Scientific Reports