Association between Metabolic Syndrome and its Components and Heart Failure
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Association between Metabolic Syndrome and its Components and Heart Failure, KHALED ABD EL WAHAB, HAZEM EL-AKABAWY, SHERIF SABRI and MOHAMMAD AL GHORAIEB
Abstract
Background: The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a clus-tering of risk factors associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease and type two diabetes mellitus. Our study aimed to identify the prevalence of MetS in patients with systolic heart failure (HF) and to determine the relation of its components to systolic HF.
Methods: A total of 100 patients with an ejection fraction !935% enrolled prospectively in this multicenter study. All recruited patients subjected to thorough history taking, clinical examination, chest X-ray, electrocardiography, echocardio-graphy, biochemical tests (fasting blood glucose, triglycerides, HDL-C, urea, creatinine, AST, ALT & PT, T3,T4,TSH, com-plete blood picture, serum Na & K levels). Waist circumfer-ence; measured midway between the lower limit of the rib cage and iliac crest with nondistensible and flexible tape; was assessed in all included patients.
Results: Metabolic syndrome was prevalent in patients with severe systolic dysfunction. Hypertension, hyperglycemia, and visceral obesity were the most common component of MetS in patients with severe systolic dysfunction HF. In males with systolic dysfunction HF, the most prevalent components of MetS were hyperglycemia (70%) followed by hypertension (67%), and visceral obesity (58%). In females with systolic dysfunction HF, the most prevalent components of MetS were hypertension (75%), hyperglycemia (56%), and visceral obesity (50%). Prevalence of MetS did not differ with age group (<65yrs. & >!65yrs.). Low HDL-C was significantly present in patients above 65yrs old (72%), whereas the other MetS components did not change significantly with age. The mean number of positive MetS components was 2.6, which was not significantly different between genders or with age. There was higher prevalence of ischemic heart disease in patients with MetS (74.2%), however the rest of MetS patients (25.8%) have no ischemic heart disease (either by history, ECG, or resting Echo) in which MetS may cause heart failure by mechanisms other than ischemic heart disease.
Conclusion: Metabolic syndrome is prevalent in systolic dysfunction HF patients.