Occurrence of metabolic syndrome in midlife in relation to cardiovascular morbidity and all-cause mortality-lessons from a population-based matched cohort study with 27 years follow-up.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We examined how asymptomatic metabolic syndrome (MetS) in midlife affects cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and all-cause mortality later in life and studied difference in time to event and from the individual components related to MetS.

Design

Population-based matched cohort study including data from a screening programme for identification of CV risk factors.

Setting

Primary care, County of Västmanland, Sweden.

Participants

All inhabitants turning 40 or 50 years between 1990 and 1999 were invited to a health screening. Total 34 269 (60.1%) individuals completed the health examination. Participants that met a modified definition of MetS were individually matched to two controls without MetS with regard to age, sex and date of health examination.

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SUBMITTER: Lonnberg L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11409331 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature