Prevalence of Risk Factors for the Metabolic Syndrome in a Global Perspective: A Brief Review
Journal Title: Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
Metabolic syndrome refers to the clustering of a number of risk factors which have the potential to develop cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus and thus causing an increase in mortality rate. The prediction is that by 2020, there will be an increase by almost 75% in global cardiovascular disease prevalence and almost all of this increase will occur in developing countries. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus is also rapidly increasing all over the world at an alarming rate. In this paper, we have made an attempt to briefly review and compare the prevalence of metabolic syndrome risk factors in India as well as other regions of the world. We have also compared the metabolic syndrome risk factors for premenopausal and postmenopausal women for sample populations in India, Iran and Korea.
Authors and Affiliations
Plaban Chaudhuri, Riddhi Goswami, Mithun Das
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP327671
- DOI 10.9734/CA/2016/23774
- Views 94
- Downloads 0
Statin Therapy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Hungary
Aim: The benefit of statin administration in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is well documented. The aim of the study was to evaluate the characteristics of lipid lo...
Non-pharmacological Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism in Acutely Ill Medical Patients
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) represents one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in acutely ill medical patients. VTE prophylaxis can be assured by pharmacological strategies and, when contraindicated, by non...
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Therapeutic Approaches: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Aims: Evidence is still lacking regarding optimal treatment for patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HfPEF). Our objective is to present an individual evaluation for each of the current available...
Dronedarone after Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: A New Option in Hybrid Therapy
Background and Aim: Catheter ablation has become the therapy of choice in patients with symptomatic, recurrent, drug-refractory atrial fibrillation (AF). However, frequent AF recurrences often necessitate an adjunctive a...
Kindergarten Children with Congenital Heart Disease Show Good Physical Activity but Reduced Motor Skills in Comparison with Healthy Children
Objective: For the interaction of individuals with their environment, motor competence is of major importance. It is known that school children with congenital heart disease (CHD) have motoric limitations even without he...