title: Metabolic syndrome and carotid intima media thickness in urban police officers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the association between metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) and carotid intima media thickness (IMT) separately in male and female police officers.
  
  
  METHODS
  MetSyn was defined using 2005 guidelines. B-mode ultrasound was used to measure mean and maximum (12 and 36 segments) carotid artery thickness. Analysis of covariance was used to compare mean IMT values across individuals categorized by number of MetSyn components. Adjustments were made for age, smoking status, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among 106 women, the adjusted mean common and maximum36 carotid IMT were significantly and positively associated with number of MetSyn components. No associations were found in men (n = 304). Adjusted carotid IMT values were inversely associated with low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and directly with hypertension in women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Number of MetSyn components was significantly associated with carotid IMT in female but not in male officers.
authors.affiliation: Biostatistics and Epidemiology Branch, Health Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA. thartley@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Tara A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Hartley
authors.forename: Anoop
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.forename: Desta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fekedulegn
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Violanti
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Andrew
authors.forename: Sarah S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Knox
authors.forename: Cecil M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Burchfiel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016495:Police; D012737:Sex Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000473:pathology*; D017540:Tunica Media / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014505:Urban Population