“…There are a number of cross sectional studies of arterial stiffness in youth with T1D (Haller et al, 2004, Heilman et al, 2009, Palombo et al, 2011, Urbina et al, 2010, Yu et al, 2012) but few prospective studies (Dabelea et al, 2013). Two prospective studies in non-diabetic adults found that the presence of metabolic syndrome (a cluster of CVD risk factors) at baseline was associated with faster progression of arterial stiffness over time (Safar et al, 2006, Tomiyama et al, 2006).…”