Open AccessCARDIOVASCULAR RISK PREDICTION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME AND EMERGING SERUM MARKERS IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SURVEILLANCE
Author(s) -
Luis Reinoso-Barbero,
Ana Capapé-Aguilar,
Ramón Díaz-Garrido,
Catalina Santiago,
Félix GómezGallego,
Fernando Bandrés Moyá
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
archivos de prevención de riesgos laborales
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1578-2549
pISSN - 1138-9672
DOI - 10.12961/aprl.2014.17.2.04
Subject(s) - medicine , framingham risk score , metabolic syndrome , waist , homocysteine , framingham heart study , risk assessment , disease , obesity , computer security , computer science
To calculate cardiovascular risk according to the American Framingham Coronary Risk Score (FCRS) and the European Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) methods. To correlate the results with the presence of meta-bolic syndrome (glycemia, triglyceridemia, cholesterolemia, abdominal circumference and blood pressure) and with serum levels of three emerging biomarkers [ultrasensitive reactive C protein (PCRus), homocysteine (Hcy) and lipoproteín (a) (lp (a)].