Metabolic syndrome and related disorders
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Metab Syndr Relat Disord · Feb 2012
Comparative StudyComparing abilities of different lipid measures in diagnosis of insulin resistance: a Survey of Risk Factors of Non-Communicable Diseases (SuRFNCD-2007) study.
Dyslipidemia is a distinguishing characteristic of subjects with insulin resistance. Our aim was to determine the predictive abilities and appropriate cutoffs of different lipid variables for insulin resistance. ⋯ Among lipid measures, triglycerides and the triglycerides/HDL-C ratio have the highest predictive abilities for insulin resistance, and the diagnostic values of their appropriate cutoffs are similar to those of metabolic syndrome definitions.
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Metab Syndr Relat Disord · Feb 2012
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its relationship with clinically prevalent cardiovascular disease in the Veneto region, northeastern Italy.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is more frequent in adults with metabolic syndrome than in those without. We wished to assess the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and the role of its specific components on prevalent CVD in a large cohort of subjects from the general population. ⋯ The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the Veneto region among subjects ages 30-69 is high. There is a significant association between prevalent CVD and metabolic syndrome, but the biological basis of association is strongly influenced by gender.