Association of Type 2 Diabetes and Body Mass Index with Arterial Stiffness: A Carotid Ultrasound Study.

Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes · 2026 · PMC12922952 · PMID 41726821

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Despite adjusting for these factors in the multivariate models, the strong association between BMI categories and carotid IMT and PWV remained highly significant, further supporting that obesity is a major independent driver of arterial stiffness.

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