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Metabolic Syndrome With and Without C-Reactive Protein as a Predictor of Coronary Heart Disease and Diabetes in the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study

Sattar, Naveed, Gaw, Allan, Scherbakova, Olga, Ford, Ian, O’Reilly, Denis St.J., Haffner, Steven M., Isles, Chris, Macfarlane, Peter W. +3 more·2003·Circulation

Abstract

Background— The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) recently proposed a simple definition for metabolic syndrome. Information on the prospective association of this definition for coronary heart disease (CHD) and type 2 diabetes is currently limited. Methods and Results— We used a modified NCEP definition with body mass index in place of waist circumference. Baseline assessments in the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study were available for 6447 men to predict CHD risk and for 5974 men to predict incident diabetes over 4.9 years of follow-up. Mean LDL cholesterol was similar but C-reactive protein was higher ( P <0.0001) in the 26% of men with the syndrome compared with those without. Metabolic syndrome increased the risk for a CHD event [univariate hazard ratio (HR)=1.76 (95% CI, 1.44 to 2.15)] and for diabetes [univariate HR=3.50 (95% CI 2.51 to 4.90)]. Metabolic syndrome continued to predict CHD events (HR=1.30, 95% CI, 1.00 to 1.67, P =0.045) in a multivariate model incorporating conventional risk factors. Men with 4 or 5 features of the syndrome had a 3.7-fold increase in risk for CHD and a 24.5-fold increase for diabetes compared with men with none (both P <0.0001). C-reactive protein enhanced prognostic information for both outcomes. With pravastatin, men with the syndrome had similar risk reduction for CHD as compared with those without (HR, 0.73 and 0.69; pravastatin versus placebo). Conclusions— A modified NCEP metabolic syndrome definition predicts CHD events, and, more strikingly, new-onset diabetes, and thus helps identify individuals who may receive particular benefit from lifestyle measures to prevent these diseases.

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Sattar, N., Gaw, A., Scherbakova, O., Ford, I., O’Reilly, D. S. J., Haffner, S. M., Isles, C., Macfarlane, P. W., Packard, C. J., Cobbe, S. M., & Shepherd, J.
Affiliations
The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (US)
Venue
Circulation
Published
2003-07-29
Volume
108
Issue
4
Pages
414-419
ISSN
  • 0009-7322 (ISSN-L)
  • 1524-4539
OpenAlex
W2169121622
Cited by
1,506
References
30
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FWCI
82.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Circulation (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
Keywords
metabolic syndrome, C-reactive protein, coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes, NCEP criteria, pravastatin, cardiovascular risk prediction, body mass index, WOSCOPS, men
MeSH terms
C-Reactive Protein, Coronary Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Obesity, Predictive Value of Tests, Scotland, Triglycerides, Cohort Studies, Comorbidity, Body Mass Index, Incidence, Multivariate Analysis, Pravastatin, Risk Assessment, Metabolic Syndrome

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