Is carotid arterial stiffness marginally higher in the metabolic syndrome and markedly higher in type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients with manifestations of arterial disease?
We concluded that (increasing number of components of) the metabolic syndrome were associated with marginally higher carotid artery stiffness, while type 2 diabetes was associated with a marked increase in carotid artery stiffness, in patients with already clinical manifestations of arterial disease.
The correlation between antioxidant levels and clinical phototype confirmed the hypothesis that other factors than melanin determine largely the minimal erythema dose values in vitiligo lesional skin.