Serum calcium levels are associated with novel cardiometabolic risk factors in the population-based CoLaus study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Associations of serum calcium levels with the metabolic syndrome and other novel cardio-metabolic risk factors not classically included in the metabolic syndrome, such as those involved in oxidative stress, are largely unexplored. We analyzed the association of albumin-corrected serum calcium levels with conventional and non-conventional cardio-metabolic risk factors in a general adult population.

Methodology/principal findings

The CoLaus study is a population-based study including Caucasians from Lausanne, Switzerland. The metabolic syndrome was defined using the Adult Treatment Panel III criteria. Non-conventional cardio-metabolic risk factors considered included: fat mass, leptin, LDL particle size, apolipoprotein B, fasting insulin, adiponectin, ultrasensitive

SUBMITTER: Guessous I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3080882 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature