Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality associated with the metabolic syndrome
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Summary, in English
OBJECTIVE - To estimate the prevalence of and the cardiovascular risk associated with the metabolic syndrome using the new definition proposed by the World Health Organisation (WHO). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS - A total of 4,483 subjects aged 35-70 years participating in a large family study of type 2 diabetes in Finland and Sweden (the Botnia study) were included in the analysis of cardiovascular risk associated with the metabolic syndrome. in subjects who had type 2 diabetes in = 1,697) impaired fasting glucose (IFG)/impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) (n = 798), or insulin-resistance with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) (n = 1,988). the metabolic syndrome was de fined as presence of at least two of the following risk factors: obesity hypertension, dyslipidemia, or microalbuminuria. Cardiovascular mortality was assessed in 3,606 subjects with a median follow-up of 6.9 years. RESULTS - In women and men, respectively, the metabolic syndrome was seen in 10 and 15% of subjects with NGT. 42 and 64% of those with IFG/IGT, and 78 and 84% of those with type 2 diabetes. The risk for coronary heart disease and stroke was increased threefold in subjects with the syndrome (P < 0.001). Cardiovascular mortality was markedly increased in subjects with the metabolic syndrome (12.0 vs. 2.2%, P < 0.001) Of the individual components of the metabolic syndrome, microalbuminuria conferred the strongest risk of cardiovascular death (RR 2.80. P = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS - The WHO definition of the metabolic syndrome identifies subjects with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and offers a tool for comparison of results from different studies.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2001
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
683-689
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Diabetes Care
Volym
24
Issue
4
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
American Diabetes Association
Ämne
- Endocrinology and Diabetes
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Translational Muscle Research
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1935-5548