Metabolic syndrome and subsequent risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in elderly women: Challenging the current definition

• Published in: Medicine (Baltimore) Vol. 95; no. 36; p. e4806
• Main Authors: Dragsbæk, Katrine, Neergaard, Jesper S, Laursen, Janne M, Hansen, Henrik B, Christiansen, Claus, Beck-Nielsen, Henning, Karsdal, Morten A, Brix, Susanne, Henriksen, Kim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wolters Kluwer Health 01.09.2016
• Subjects: Aged; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - ethnology; Denmark - epidemiology; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - ethnology; European Continental Ancestry Group; Female; Humans; Hyperglycemia - epidemiology; Hyperlipidemias - epidemiology; Hypertension - epidemiology; Metabolic Syndrome - epidemiology; Metabolic Syndrome - ethnology; Obesity, Abdominal - epidemiology; Observational Study; Risk Factors

The prognostic value of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) is believed to vary with age. With an elderly population expecting to triple by 2060, it is important to evaluate the validity of MetS in this age group. We examined the association of MetS risk factors with later risk of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) a...