Cardiovascular Diabetology (Apr 2008)

Diabetic retinopathy is associated with pulse wave velocity, not with the augmentation index of pulse waveform

  • Yoshii Hidenori,
  • Kawasumi Masahiko,
  • Kinoshita Junichiro,
  • Watanabe Takahiro,
  • Hiraoka Kiyoko,
  • Ogawa Osamu,
  • Kawamori Ryuzo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-7-11
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
p. 11

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Abstract Background To investigate the clinical differences between pulse wave velocity and augmentation index in diabetic retinopathy. Methods The subjects were 201 patients with type 2 diabetes. These subjects were measured for both augmentation index (AI) and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) by a pulse wave analyzer. The relationships between AI, baPWV, and diabetic retinopathy were examined. Results BaPWV was significantly higher in patients with diabetic retinopathy than in individuals without the disease. (20.13 ± 3.66 vs.17.14 ± 3.60 m/s p Conclusion BaPWV is associated with diabetic retinopathy, but AI is not. The clinical significance appears to be different between PWV and AI in patients with diabetes.