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Dx of metabolic syndrome often missed in women.(Clinical Rounds)(Brief Article)
ORLANDO, FLA. -- Middle-aged women should routinely be assessed for metabolic syndrome, Ana M. Schaper, Ph.D., said at an international conference on women, heart disease, and stroke.
In a retrospective study of the charts of 147 women under 65 years who were treated for MI in a rural midwestern community, Dr. Schaper found that 113 (77%) had no history of coronary disease, but many had risk factors: 70% had a history of smoking, 63% had high blood pressure, 52% had a family history of coronary artery disease, and 70% were overweight or obese.
Sufficient data were available for 80 of the women with no history of coronary disease to allow risk stratification based on National Cholesterol Education Program guidelines. Of these women, only 10% would have qualified for medical management under the guidelines, and only 18% would have qualified for therapeutic lifestyle changes, but 49% had metabolic syndrome, ...
- Will Metabolic Syndrome Emerge as a Commercial Market?
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 28, 2007 700+ words
...Decision Resources report Will Metabolic Syndrome Emerge as a Commercial Market? to their offering. Is metabolic syndrome a disease itself, or merely...shifting away from the concept of metabolic syndrome as a discrete condition; rather...
- Metabolic syndrome: are you at risk? How to know if you are, what to...
- Magazine article from: Environmental Nutrition Wright, Hillary June 1, 2005 700+ words
...as Syndrome X, it's now called metabolic syndrome and is believed to affect about 47...this increasingly common condition. Metabolic syndrome was the focus of international attention...International Congress on Prediabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome in Berlin. Until now, experts ...
- Metabolic syndrome ups PAD risk in women.(CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE)(peripheral...
- Magazine article from: Internal Medicine News Jancin, Bruce February 1, 2009 700+ words
NEW ORLEANS -- Women with metabolic syndrome have an increased risk...increased by 26%. But women with metabolic syndrome also were slightly older...risk factor for PAD. Women with metabolic syndrome had an adjusted 48...
- Metabolic syndrome hikes risk of symptomatic PAD.(News)(Clinical report)
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Jancin, Bruce December 15, 2008 700+ words
New Orleans -- Women with metabolic syndrome have an increased risk...first-pass analyis, women with metabolic syndrome at baseline were 62...increased by 26%. However, women with metabolic syndrome also were slightly older...
- Metabolic syndrome goes uncharted in primary care records.(Metabolic Disorders)
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Bates, Betsy November 15, 2007 700+ words
...merit a diagnosis of metabolic syndrome according to the National...less than 50 mg/dL in women, adjusted for lipid...cm in men or 88 cm in women, approximated from...showed that patients with metabolic syndrome in the study were older...
- Metabolic syndrome associated with cognitive decline in elderly.
- Newspaper article from: Life Science Weekly November 30, 2004 700+ words
...link between the metabolic syndrome and cognition. Kristine...association between the metabolic syndrome and high inflammation...years; 52% were women; 40% were black...those without the metabolic syndrome (n=1616), people...
- Metabolic Syndrome: Contributing Factors and Treatment Strategies.
- Magazine article from: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing Fowler, Susan B. Moussouttas, Michael Mancini, Barbara August 1, 2005 700+ words
...88 cm in women (Expert Panel...component in metabolic syndrome, is measured...gt; .85 in women. In metabolic syndrome, waist circumference...incidence of metabolic syndrome (Fords &...studies, Mexican women and persons...
- Metabolic syndrome, major predictor of heart disease--might not exist.
- Newspaper article from: HealthFacts October 1, 2005 700+ words
...you been diagnosed with metabolic syndrome? If so, you'll be interested...around for decades. The metabolic syndrome has come to be regarded...statement, announcing that metabolic syndrome has never been "appropriately...
