The metabolic syndrome in elderly individuals is associated with greater muscular, but not elastic arterial stiffness, independent of low-grade inflammation, endothelial dysfunction or insulin resistance--The Hoorn Study

Henry RMA, Ferreira I, Dekker JM, Nijpels G, Scheffer PG, Stehouwer CDA. The metabolic syndrome in elderly individuals is associated with greater muscular, but not elastic arterial stiffness, independent of low-grade inflammation, endothelial dysfunction or insulin resistance--The Hoorn Study. J Hum Hypertens. 2009; 23(11): 718–27.