Highlights
Up one level- Nonfasting triglyceride levels are independently associated with incident cardiovascular events
- Fasting triglyceride levels show little independent association
- Does microvascular dysfunction impair insulin-mediated glucose uptake by muscle?
- The microcirculation may be a target for prevention and treatment of the metabolic syndrome.
- Silent myocardial ischaemia
- Independent association with the metabolic syndrome in patients with type 2 diabetes.
- Omniheart Trial
- Effects of the three different diets on blood pressure and serum lipids
- Metabolic Syndrome and Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in acute MI and impact of hyperglycaemia on hospital outcomes
- Interheart Study
- Prevention of cardiovascular disease: a worldwide core of nine risk factors for myocardial infarction
- Endothelial dysfunction
- Metabolic syndrome correlates with endothelial dysfunction of coronary microvasculature in patients with normal coronary arteries.
- Metabolic Syndrome and target organ damage
- Frequently present in early stages of hypertension
- An emerging risk factor for cognitive decline
- Elderly subjects with the Metabolic Syndrome are at higher risk of cognitive decline over 4 years.
- The ARIC study
- Increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in individuals with the Metabolic Syndrome.
- The Metabolic Syndrome amplifies hypertension-related cardiac and renal changes
- Target organ damage may explain the enhanced cardiovascular risk associated with the Metabolic Syndrome.
- UN Resolution caps momentous year for diabetes world
- The United Nations General Assembly has passed a landmark Resolution recognizing the global threat of the diabetes epidemic. Read the Press Release issued by the International Diabetes Federation to stress the importance of the Resolution, which is "a first for non-infectious diseases."
- International medical news:
- WHICH DRUG THERAPY FOR THE METABOLIC SYNDROME ?
- NHANES III : Correlation between microalbuminuria and the metabolic syndrome
- The metabolic syndrome is associated with a cluster of disorders such as abdominal obesity, insulin-resistance, hypertension, and dyslipidaemia. This study is the first to assess the correlation between microalbuminuria as defined by WHO and the metabolic syndrome defined by NCEP ATP III criteria) in a large US population.
