Metabolic syndrome in haemodialysis patients: prevalence, determinants and association to cardiovascular outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the general population, metabolic syndrome (MetS) is predictive of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). Waist circumference (WC), a component of the MetS criteria, is linked to visceral obesity, which in turn is associated with MACE. However, in haemodialysis (HD) patients, the association between MetS, WC and MACE is unclear.

Methods

In a cross-sectional study of 1000 HD patients, we evaluated the prevalence and characterised the clinical predictors of MetS. The relationship between MetS and its components, alone or in combination, and MACE (coronary diseases, peripheral arteriopathy, stroke or cardiac failure), was studied using receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curves and logistic regression.

Results

A total of 753 patients were included

SUBMITTER: Delautre A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7427285 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature