“…One of the reasons for this finding is that changes take place in the vascular walls associated with higher levels of plasma lipids that can accelerate arteriosclerosis and hypertension [13,34]. So, insulin resistance has been proposed as the main underlying cause of cardiometabolic syndrome [9,10]. Kim and et al showed that four major risk factors for cardiovascular disease in nondiabetic Korean elderly individuals were glucose tolerance impairment, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and obesity [35].…”