The Association between Metabolic Syndrome-Related Indicators and Ten-Year Risk of Cardiovascular Disease : An Epidemiologic Assessment

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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.