title: The severity of coronary atherosclerosis in diabetic and non-diabetic metabolic syndrome patients diagnosed according to different criteria and undergoing elective angiography.
abstract: Our aim in this study was to evaluate the relationship between metabolic syndrome (MS) as defined by different criteria and the severity of coronary lesions in a sample of diabetic and non-diabetic patients undergoing elective coronary angiography. All patients had blood and urine tests, physical examinations were performed before angiography, and finally they were classified based on three criteria (World Health Organisation-WHO, Adult Treatment Panel-ATP III and International Diabetes Federation-IDF). Eighty-eight patients were diabetic, and 96 patients were non-diabetic. Among all patients, diabetics had significantly higher Gensini scores (P < 0.001). According to WHO criteria (P = 0.005) and IDF criteria (P = 0.015) metabolic syndrome patients had higher Gensini scores, but for ATP III criteria difference was not significant. When we evaluated diabetics and non-diabetics separately, non-diabetic patients with MS had significantly higher scores with WHO definition (P = 0.015) and mildly higher but not significant values with other MS criteria (P = 0.057 for both IDF and ATP III). Neither any one of MS components nor gender revealed significant relationship with coronary disease severity. In our study with a cohort of Turkish patients undergoing elective coronary angiography; we concluded that MS should be taken into consideration, especially in non-diabetic patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Ufuk University, Dr. Ridvan Ege Hospital, Mevlana Bulvari, Ankara, Turkey. sibelertek@yahoo.it
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ertek
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Cicero
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cesur
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akcil
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Altuner Kayhan
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Avcioglu
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Korkmaz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D005947:Glucose