title: Metabolic syndrome may not be a good predictor of coronary artery disease in the Iranian population: population-specific definitions are required.
abstract: The inability of two definitions of metabolic syndrome (MS) to predict the presence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in a non-Caucasian population was demonstrated. Angiography was used as the gold standard method for identifying patients with (cases) or without (controls) CAD. It is possible that the current definitions of MS are not appropriate for some non-Caucasian populations.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Center, Avicenna (Bu-Ali) Research Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Science (MUMS), Mashhad, Iran. Ebrahimi_cardiology@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mahmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ebrahimi
authors.forename: Seyyed Mohammad Reza
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kazemi-Bajestani
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghayour-Mobarhan
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moohebati
authors.forename: Roghaye
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Paydar
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Azimi-Nezhad
authors.forename: Habib Ollah
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Esmaily
authors.forename: Gordon A A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Ferns
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors