In patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes aortic elastic properties, evaluated by pressure-diameter relation, are impaired. This could play an important part in the development of vascular complications related to diabetes.

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Once-daily tadalafil 5 mg improved LUTS/BPH, regardless of severity, in men with coexisting cardiovascular risk factors/comorbidities, except for patients with history of > 1 drug for arterial hypertension. Use of diuretics may contribute to patients' perception of a negated efficacy of tadalafil on LUTS/BPH. Comorbidities should be considered when choosing the optimal medicine to treat men with LUTS/BPH.

non-MS; the difference in MP was significant also for these latter vs. nonobese with MS. MP was positively correlated with distensibility (rZ0.097, p<0.001) and inversely with Young's modulus (rZ-0.121, p<0.001); IMT had a negative correlation with both. Conclusion: Obesity and MS decrease echogenicity of the carotid media. MP is influenced by different parameters than IMT, and conveys different information; it is inversely correlated with intrinsic and total vessel stiffness. Its histological and clinical meaning are to be investigated.

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