Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Association with Burden of Atherosclerotic Disease in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease.

Conclusions Almost one out of two patients with stable CAD was found to fulfil the criteria of MetS. MetS as well as 4 or 5 MetS components increased the odds of double or triple vessel disease in patients with stable CAD. The study suggests that cardiologists and health care practitioners should be aware that MetS is highly prevalent when established CAD is present and that MetS or accumulation of 4 or 5 MetS components seems to be associated more often with double or triple vessel CAD. PMID: 26950061 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Medical Research and Opinion - Category: Research Tags: Curr Med Res Opin Source Type: research