BACKGROUND We examined the relationship between central blood pressure (BP), brachial BP with carotid atherosclerosis and microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS We recruited 201 patients who were evaluated for central BP, brachial BP, carotid ultrasonography, brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV), ankle-brachial index (ABI) and microvascular complications...

Childhood obesity has increased dramatically in the United States during the past 30 years, which has been associated with a parallel rise in systolic blood pressure (BP) and pulse pressure (PP) in adolescents and young adults. Consistent with the elevation in systolic BP and PP, there has been an increase in the rates of prehypertension and hypertension mostly in youth with obesity, with the m...