Type 2 Diabetes Is Associated With Increased Pulse Wave Velocity Measured at Different Sites of the Arterial System but Not Augmentation Index in a Chinese Population

摘要

Background:Patients with type 2 diabetes have increased stiffness of central elastic arteries. However, whether peripheral muscular artery stiffness is equally affected by the disease remains sparsely examined. Moreover, the association between pulse wave velocity (PWV) and augmentation index (AIx) in diabetes is poorly understood.