Welcome to the new MSI Newsletter & Literature Watch. The all-in-one publication features the latest news, events and research related to the metabolic syndrome.


15th World Congress on Heart Disease
Date:
 July 24-27, 2010
Location:
 Vancouver, Canada
Website:
 http://www.cardiologyonline.com

EPIDEMIOLOGY
  • The metabolically normal but obese phenotype is associated with increased all-cause mortality risk
    (Posted: 10/20 | View Article)
  • Nondipping pattern in ambulatory blood pressure monitoring as an independent predictor of glucose intolerance
    (Posted: 10/19 | View Article)
  • Metabolic syndrome in early pregnancy associated with higher risk for preterm birth
    (Posted: 10/15 | View Article)
  • Newly identified obesity loci associated with general obesity in a healthy Dutch female population
    (Posted: 10/14 | View Article)
  • Lower total testosterone independently associated with insulin resistance in older men
    (Posted: 10/01 | View Article)
PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS
  • Sleep disordered breathing as an integral part of metabolic syndrome
    (Posted: 10/30 | View Article)
  • Predictors of increased risk of carotid plaque rupture and thrombosis
    (Posted: 10/05 | View Article)
MS COMPONENTS / RISK FACTORS / ASSOCIATED RISKS

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

  • Significant elevation of ambulatory pulse pressure in patients with metabolic syndrome
    (Posted: 10/16 | View Article)
  • Prehypertension associated with insulin resistance
    (Posted: 10/02 | View Article)

ELEVATED FASTING GLUCOSE

  • Metabolic syndrome increases the risk of incident type 2 diabetes, independently of impaired fasting glucose
    (Posted: 10/26 | View Article)

ABDOMINAL OBESITY

  • Morbidity and mortality risk from abdominal overweight and obesity based on the AusDiab study
    (Posted: 10/13 | View Article)

LOW HDL-CHOLESTEROL LEVELS

  • Low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol independently associated with presence of cardiovascular disease in Spanish hypertensive women
    (Posted: 10/28 | View Article)
PROGNOSIS / OUTCOMES

DIABETES

  • High prevalence of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose among hypertensive adults from rural China
    (Posted: 10/29 | View Article)
  • Postprandial measurements of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins do not predict the presence of coronary artery disease in diabetes mellitus
    (Posted: 10/12 | View Article)
  • Elevated level of visceral fat accumulation correlates with hippocampus volume and insulin resistance in non-dementia patients with type 2 diabetes
    (Posted: 10/09 | View Article)
  • Impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) are associated with atherogenic changes in serum lipid and hsCRP levels
    (Posted: 10/06 | View Article)

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

  • Effects of metabolic syndrome on infarct-related artery patency after thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction
    (Posted: 10/27 | View Article)
  • Lower high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels correlate with adverse prognosis in patients with advanced heart failure
    (Posted: 10/23 | View Article)
  • Female patients and patients with metabolic syndrome undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting are at a higher risk for longer postoperative stays
    (Posted: 10/21 | View Article)
  • Potential long-term benefits of purposeful weight loss in overweight and obese patients with coronary heart disease
    (Posted: 10/08 | View Article)
  • Obesity paradox: Increased body mass index associated with improved survival in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention
    (Posted: 10/07 | View Article)
PREVENTION / TREATMENT
  • Sustained participation in youth sport associated with reduced risk for developing metabolic syndrome in adulthood
    (Posted: 10/22 | View Article)
IN THIS ISSUE:
NOVEMBER 2009
> In the News
> 2009 Ongoing Trials
> Recent Literature

Framingham Risk Assessment Tool
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Procam Risk Calculator
Estimates your risk of a heart attack (myocardial infarction) within the next 10 years based upon data of the PROCAM Study
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SCORE
(European High Risk Chart)
Estimates 10 year risk of fatal CVD in high risk regions of Europe by gender, age, systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol and smoking status.
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UKPDS Risk Engine
The UKPDS Risk Engine is a type 2 diabetes specific risk calculator based on 53,000 patients years of data from the UK Prospective Diabetes Study, which also provides an approximate 'margin of error' for each estimate.
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