Metabolic syndrome is the dominant predictor of nonfatal MI in young women - 04/2005

High prevalence of metabolic syndrome among young women with nonfatal myocardial infarction. - 2005

In 40 women with nonfatal MI at or before age 45 and compared with an equal number of matched controls, cases were 4.7 times more likely to have three or more diagnostic criteria of the MetS after controlling for weight. Cases had significantly higher rates of elevated fasting glucose ± 110 mg/dl (p = 0.01), insulin resistance (p = 0.007), hypertension (p = 0.04), dyslipidemia (p <0.001) and higher triglyceride levels (p = 0.02). The metabolic syndrome was the dominant predictor of nonfatal MI in these young women.

Themes : Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease

Author(s) :
Amowitz LL, Ridker PM, Rifai N, Loughrey CM, Komaroff AL.

Reference :
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2004;13:165-75.

Pubmed reference :
PMID: 15072730