Key result
Metabolic syndrome severity is linked to future CHD risk across sexes and races.
Why the study?
It has been controversial whether metabolic syndrome provides additional risk prediction beyond the risk conferred by its individual components.
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“As is true in most processes in life, the reality is that this risk exists on a spectrum. Someone who has values in each of these individual risk factors that are just below the cutoff still has more risk for future disease than somebody who has very low values.”
Observational study reveals independent links between metabolic syndrome severity and future coronary heart disease across sex and racial groups, highlighting tailored cardiovascular risk assessment.
DeBoer et al. (2017) studied this question. Metabolic syndrome severity is independently associated with future coronary heart disease across different sexes and races.
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