Are metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus associated with an increased risk of aortic valve calcification?
Metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus are significant predictors of aortic valve calcification, demonstrating a dose-response relationship with the number of metabolic syndrome components.
In the MESA cohort, the metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus are associated with increased risk of AVC, and AVC prevalence is increased with increasing number of metabolic syndrome components.
Katz et al. (Tue,) studied this question.