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Volume 21, Issue 10
  • ISSN: 1573-3998
  • E-ISSN: 1875-6417

Abstract

Background

There are numerous cross-sectional studies showing an association between arterial stiffness and diabetes, but the temporality of the association is unclear.

Objective

To investigate the temporal relationship between arterial stiffness and diabetes.

Methods

We searched MEDLINE and Embase from inception to 31 August 2023, to identify cohort studies that assessed whether arterial stiffness, as measured by pulse wave velocity (PWV), was predictive of the development of diabetes and . We summarised study data, and where possible undertook meta-analysis.

Results

We identified 19 studies that included people with type 1, type 2 and gestational diabetes. All 11 studies investigating arterial stiffness as a predictor of diabetes found a significant relationship. Six of those studies were suitable for meta-analysis. The risk of developing diabetes was greater in people with higher PWV at baseline than lower PWV (RR = 2.14, 95%CI 1.65 to 2.79, 0.00001) and the mean difference in baseline PWV was higher in people who developed diabetes than those who did not (mean difference: 0.77 m/s, 95%CI 0.47 to 1.06, 0.00001). Of 8 studies investigating diabetes as a predictor of arterial stiffness, 7 found a significant relationship.

Conclusion

There is evidence of a bidirectional relationship between arterial stiffness and diabetes. Arterial stiffness may provide a causal link between diabetes and future cardiovascular disease.

Prospero Registration Number

CRD42019129563.

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Evidence of a Bi-Directional Relationship between Arterial Stiffness and Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies
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