Fig. 1.

Blood pressure- and sex-adjusted aortic pulse wave velocity (a) and aortic augmentation index (b) in the controls, HIV-1-naive and HIV-1-cART patients with and without metabolic syndrome. Aortic pulse wave velocity was 25% (P = 0.018) and 21% (P = 0.023) higher in the HIV-1 cART patients compared with both controls and untreated HIV-1 patients, respectively. There was no significant main effect of metabolic syndrome on augmentation index between the three groups. Values are mean ± SD.*P = 0.009 versus HIV-1 cART patients without metabolic syndrome