PMID- 18516267
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20111110
LR  - 20211020
IS  - 1176-6336 (Print)
IS  - 1178-203X (Electronic)
IS  - 1176-6336 (Linking)
VI  - 3
IP  - 6
DP  - 2007 Dec
TI  - Association between homocysteinemia and metabolic syndrome in patients with 
      cardiovascular disease.
PG  - 999-1001
AB  - BACKGROUND: This is an observational study undertaken in aim to evaluate the 
      association between metabolic syndrome (MS) and high homocysteinemia (HHcy) in 
      relation with cardiovascular disease (CVD). METHODS: The study involved 126 
      subjects with angiographically documented CVD and 65 healthy subjects. MS has 
      been diagnosed according to the ATP III criteria and plasma homocysteine 
      concentration has been evaluated. RESULTS: In patients with CVD the prevalence of 
      MS and HHcy is 17.4% and 25.4% respectively; MS coexists with HHcy in 67.2% of 
      patients; analogous results can be observed among men and women. HHcy and MS are 
      associated with CVD (OR 2.53, 95% CI 1.95-12.43 and OR 5.74, 95% CI 2.67-12.34 
      respectively) but the presence of the two conditions gives rise to a stronger 
      increase in CVD risk (OR 13.11, 95% CI 5.27-32.06). CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest 
      that HHcy and MS could work together in increasing CVD risk.
FAU - Bellia, Chiara
AU  - Bellia C
AD  - Department of Medical Biotechnologies and Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, 
      University of Palermo Italy.
FAU - Bivona, Giulia
AU  - Bivona G
FAU - Scazzone, Concetta
AU  - Scazzone C
FAU - Ciaccio, Marcello
AU  - Ciaccio M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - New Zealand
TA  - Ther Clin Risk Manag
JT  - Therapeutics and clinical risk management
JID - 101253281
PMC - PMC2387296
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - cardiovascular disease
OT  - homocysteine
OT  - metabolic syndrome
EDAT- 2008/06/03 09:00
MHDA- 2008/06/03 09:01
PMCR- 2008/04/01
CRDT- 2008/06/03 09:00
PHST- 2008/06/03 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/06/03 09:01 [medline]
PHST- 2008/06/03 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2008/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2007 Dec;3(6):999-1001.