High prevalence of metabolic syndrome in adults with moderate chronic kidney disease has been uncovered during a new study. It also found that metabolic syndrome increases the risk of premature death and cardiovascular problems.
The findings of the study were published in the 'Journal of Internal Medicine'.
Among 5,110 adults in Germany who had chronic kidney disease, 64.3 per cent also had metabolic syndrome.
During 6.5 years of follow-up, 605 patients died and 650 experienced major cardiovascular events (such as heart attacks and strokes). Patients with metabolic syndrome had a 26 per cent higher risk of dying and a 48 per cent higher risk of experiencing cardiovascular events.
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The risk increased steadily with a growing number of metabolic syndrome components, such as increased waist circumference, blood sugar levels, triglycerides, and blood pressure, and decreased HDL cholesterol.
"Although our study uncovered a shockingly high frequency of metabolic syndrome in this high-risk patient group, there's a motivating message for our patients: each metabolic syndrome component avoided might considerably decrease the risk for a cardiovascular endpoint or premature death," said senior author Florian Kronenberg, MD, of the Medical University of Innsbruck, in Austria.
{{/usCountry}}"Although our study uncovered a shockingly high frequency of metabolic syndrome in this high-risk patient group, there's a motivating message for our patients: each metabolic syndrome component avoided might considerably decrease the risk for a cardiovascular endpoint or premature death," said senior author Florian Kronenberg, MD, of the Medical University of Innsbruck, in Austria.
{{/usCountry}}Metabolic syndrome is a group of five conditions that can lead to heart disease, diabetes, stroke and other health problems.
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