Author`s Reply:Aortic stiffness evaluation in patients with metabolic syndrome; antihypertensive drugs and statins should be considered

Thank you very much for your very helpful comments on our article published in May issue of The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology 2013; 13: 227-34 (1). As you mentioned 63% of our study patients were on antihypertensive medication and 12% of patients (unpublished data) were on statins. In literature there is controversial results on effects of the different antihypertensive agents or statins on aortic stiffness (2, 3).