Associations of metabolic variables with arterial stiffness in type 2 diabetes mellitus: focus on insulin sensitivity and postprandial triglyceridaemia

Abstract

In subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance and the use of alcohol were associated with increased arterial stiffness, which supports the hypothesis that increased arterial stiffness can act as a mediating factor in the association between type 2 diabetes mellitus and increased risk of atherothrombotic disease. We found no evidence for an association between fasting or postprandial triglyceridaemia and arterial stiffness.