Differences in association of Oliva-Roztocil index with vascular diease between women with diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2

Abstract

In diabetes mellitus (DM), in addition to atherosclerotic changes, decrease of arterial compliance could have an important impact of development of vascular complication. Oliva-Roztocil index (ORI), photopletysmographic method based on computer based offline pulse wave analysis, could reflect more complex vascular damage, especially in diabetic patients.