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Background: The global number of people living with diabetes mellitus
(DM) continues to grow. Obesity, smoking, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension
are independently correlated with the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in
diabetic patients regardless of differences in race or ethnicity. We aimed to
investigate the relationship between serum leptin levels and aortic stiffness in
patients with type 2 DM to identify cardiovascular risk at the early stage.
Methods: A total of 128 diabetic patients were enrolled after screening
for eligibility at a medical center in Eastern Taiwan. Aortic stiffness was
defined as having a carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) of