Identifying Early Vascular Ageing in Patients With Metabolic Syndrome: Unresolved Issues and a Proposed Novel VAmets Score.

Purpose: To identify the features of early vascular ageing (EVA) in patients with metabolic syndrome (MetS), to assess the accuracy of existing methods for determining vascular age in MetS, and to derive a new score (VAmets) for the calculation of vascular age and predicting EVA in patients with MetS.

Methods: Prospective open cohort study using routinely collected data from general practice. A total of 750 patients (age, 35-80 yrs old) with MetS were examined.