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Negative psychological traits increase risk of metabolic syndrome.
2003 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The metabolic syndrome is an important risk factor for major chronic diseases in women. A key component of the syndrome, central adiposity, is correlated with psychological risk factors associated with coronary artery disease in prior epidemiological studies. We evaluated if psychological risk factors predicted the metabolic syndrome and if the metabolic syndrome predicted psychological distress," researchers in the United States report.
"A population-based cohort of 425 women who were middle-aged, and pre-, peri-, and postmenopausal, was followed for an average 7.4 years, wrote K. Raikkonen and colleagues at the University Pittsburgh. "Psychological risk factors, including depression, anxiety, tension, current perceived stress, and anger, and biological components of the metabolic syndrome, including glucose, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol, waist circumference, and blood pressure (BP) were measured at baseline and at examinations 1 to 8 years postmenopause. Women were classified according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) criteria for metabolic syndrome."
The researchers found that "women who exhibited high levels of depression, tension, and anger at baseline, and increased in anger during the follow-up had elevated risk for developing the ...
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Abstract: Metabolic syndrome is associated with increased...abnormalities associated with metabolic syndrome, including impaired glucose...that 47 million Americans have metabolic syndrome. A variety of therapies may...
