The Association between Metabolic Syndrome-Related Indicators and Ten-Year Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: An Epidemiologic Assessment. (8th December 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yang, Tsan; Sun, Chien-An; Chen, Ching-Chuan; Wu, Szu-Hsien; Chung, Tieh-Chi; Chou, Yu-Ching
• Other Names: Søgaard K. Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: ISRN public health. Volume 2012(2012)
• Publication Date: 2011-12-08
• Subjects: Public health -- Periodicals; Public Health; Public health; Periodical; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 362.1
• DOI: 10.5402/2012/160902
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-8008

Abstract

Abstract : Objectives . This study explored the association between metabolic syndrome-related indicators and the ten-year risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the middle-aged and elderly population. Methods . Data were collected from residents in Southern Taiwan through a health screening program, carried out from March 2007 to May 2008. The present study used the risk assessment tool of the Framingham Heart Study and adopted ≦10% as low risk, 11~20% as medium risk, and > 20% as high risk for CVD. Results . We found that subjects with abdominal obesity and hypertension had significantly higher 10-year risk for CVD than those who had normal waist circumference and blood pressure (OR = 2.07 and 24.52, resp.). Subjects with hypertriglyceridemia were 1.86 times more at risk for developing medium risk of CVD than those who had normal triglyceride levels. Furthermore, individuals with reduced high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) had significantly higher 10-year risk for CVD than those who had normal HDL-C. Conclusions. Metabolic syndrome-related indicators were positively associated with 10-year risk for CVD. Waist circumference (WC), blood pressure, triglyceride and HDL-C might be good indicators for predicting the risk of CVD for middle-aged and elderly populations.