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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of alcohol consumption on early arterial aging in middle-aged patients with metabolic syndrome (MetS) and hyperuricemia. Materials and Methods: This study included 661 middle-aged subjects (241 men and 420 women) from the Lithuanian High Cardiovascular Risk (LitHiR) primary prevention program. Characteristics of subjects such as blood pressure, laboratory testing, and the specialized nutrition profile questionnaire were evaluated. As an early marker of arterial stiffness, carotid\u2013femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) was assessed using a non-invasive applanation tonometry technique. Results: Hyperuricemia was present in 29% of men and 34% of women. Hyperuricemic men reported 1.6 times higher rates of alcohol drinking compared to men with normal sUA levels. After analyzing the correlation between alcohol consumption and cfPWV, no statistically significant relationships were found at a significance level of \u03b1 = 0.05 but lowering the significance level to 0.06 revealed significant associations in men with normal sUA (\u03b52ordinal = 0.05, p = 0.06) and in women with increased sUA levels (\u03b52ordinal = 0.05, p = 0.08). Regression analysis showed that hyperuricemic men, consuming more than one unit of alcohol per week, had a significant impact on increasing cfPWV, while men with normal sUA levels, abstaining from alcohol entirely, resulted in a statistically significant decrease in cfPWV. Our results showed statistically significant relationships only among a group of men, although the women in the hyperuricemic group had a statistically higher cfPWV than women with normal sUA levels. 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