[Evaluation of a supervised physical exercise program in sedentary patients over 65 years with type 2 diabetes mellitus].

Objective: To analyze whether an exercise program can modify glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), blood pressure (BP), body mass index (BMI), lipids, cardiovascular risk profile (CVR), self-perceived health status (SHS), and pharmaceutical expenditure (PE).

Design: A randomized, single blind, controlled trial.

Intervention: program of supervised aerobic physical exercise.

A new tool to assess retinal vessel caliber. Reliability and validity of measures and their relationship with cardiovascular risk.

Objective: To analyze the reliability and validity of a semiautomated tool for assessing retinal vessel caliber and to describe the relationship of measures taken to cardiovascular risk and target organ damage.

Methods: A total of 210 patients aged 34-75 years were selected with retinography. Retinal photographs were digitized, and superior and inferior temporal vessels were measured in an area 0.

Relationship between ambulatory arterial stiffness index and subclinical target organ damage in hypertensive patients.

Increased arterial stiffness has been shown to predict cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients. Our objective was to evaluate the relationship between the ambulatory arterial stiffness index (AASI) and subclinical organ damage (SOD). The design was a cross-sectional study.