Discussion
The present study in overweight and obese patients
without known cardiovascular disease shows that MHT
was common, found in 17.1% in the overall study
population and in 39.2% among patients with normal
office BP. Compared with NT patients, MHT was particularly associated with the presence of the metabolic
syndrome and high-normal office BP. Compared with
SHT patients, MHT patients had less established atherosclerosis indetified from high arotic stiffness (PWV>10m/s) or the presence of carotid plaque