Metabolic syndrome shown to increase sudden death risk in asymptomatic men independently of other cardiovascular risk factors
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2007-may-25
The mortality status of 6678 middle-aged men from the Paris Prospective Study I, free of diabetes and coronary heart disease (CHD) at baseline, was followed-up over 21 years to assess the risk of sudden death and non-sudden death from myocardial infarction associated with the metabolic syndrome, using sagittal abdominal diameter as a proxi for waist circumference. Frequency estimates of the metabolic syndrome were 14.4% when using the NCEP ATP III criteria and 16.7% with the IDF criteria. After adjustment for other CHD risk factors, the metabolic syndrome increased the risk of sudden death by 68% and that of non-sudden death by 38%.
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