Cardiovascular autonomic tone relation to metabolic parameters and hsCRP in normoglycemia and prediabetes.

Aims: The aim of the study was to evaluate cardiovascular autonomic function (CAF) at different stages of obesity and in the presence of metabolic syndrome (MetS), and its association with metabolic parameters and hsCRP in subjects with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) and prediabetes.

Methods: A total of 259 subjects (mean age 47.1 ± 14.