ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Increased arterial stiffness is closely associated with hyperglycemia and improved by glycemic control in diabetic patients Junko Ibata, Hideyuki Sasaki*, Tadashi Hanabusa, Hisao Wakasaki, Hiroto Furuta, Masahiro Nishi, Takashi Akamizu, Kishio Nanjo ABSTRACT Aims/Introduction: Although arteriosclerotic diseases have been reported to be frequently complicated by diabetes mellitus (DM), a detailed relationship between hyperglycemia and arterial stiffness has not been fully clarified. We investigated the influence of hyperglycemia on arterial stiffness using the cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI), which is a new method for estimating arterial stiffness. Materials and Methods: CAVI values of 52 early-staged DM patients (duration
Increased arterial stiffness is closely associated with hyperglycemia and improved by glycemic control in diabetic patients Junko Ibata, Hideyuki Sasaki*, Tadashi Hanabusa, Hisao Wakasaki, Hiroto Furuta, Masahiro Nishi, Takashi Akamizu, Kishio Nanjo ABSTRACT Aims/Introduction: Although arteriosclerotic diseases have been reported to be frequently complicated by diabetes mellitus (DM), a detailed relationship between hyperglycemia and arterial stiffness has not been fully clarified. We investigated the influence of hyperglycemia on arterial stiffness using the cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI), which is a new method for estimating arterial stiffness. Materials and Methods: CAVI values of 52 early-staged DM patients (duration
