Metabolic Syndrome, Inflammation, and Risk of Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease in Women | Zendy

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Metabolic Syndrome, Inflammation, and Risk of Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease in Women

Author(s) -

David Conen,

Kathryn M. Rexrode,

Mark A. Creager,

Paul M. Ridker,

Aruna D. Pradhan

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.109.863092

Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , prospective cohort study , confidence interval , metabolic syndrome , proportional hazards model , c reactive protein , cardiology , subclinical infection , cohort , inflammation , obesity

The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with incident myocardial infarction and stroke and is linked with subclinical inflammation; however, prospective data pertaining to MetS and future peripheral artery disease (PAD) are sparse, with few studies examining the role of inflammation. We therefore evaluated the relationship between MetS, inflammation, and incident PAD.

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