The Relationship between cardiovascular disease and Brachial-ankle Pulse Wave Velocity(baPWV) in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes (REBOUND study)

We found that a high-baPWV can predict all-cause and cause-specific mortality in subjects with type 2 diabetes. Our study is the first using a long-term and large-scale prospective cohort to present the appropriate baPWV cutoff point for cause-specific mortality, and demonstrates the predictive role of baPWV for cancer prognosis independent of conventional risk factors in people with type 2 diabetes. The measurement of baPWV as a noninvasive tool for arterial stiffness is useful for assessing mortality risk and, furthermore, 1,900 cm/s may be considered the optimal value for mortality risk assessment in type 2 diabetic patients.