title: Elderly women with metabolic syndrome present higher cardiovascular risk and lower relative muscle strength.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the metabolic, anthropometric, arterial blood pressure, and muscle strength parameters of elderly women with and without metabolic syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case-control study with 27 (67.3 ± 4.8 years of age, 31.0 ± 5.0 kg/m²) elderly women with metabolic syndrome and 33 (68.8 ± 5.6 years of age, 27.2 ± 5.3 kg/m²) sedentary control elderly women. They were submitted to an evaluation of body composition by means of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and muscle strength testing with 10 maximal repetitions of knee extension.
  
  
  RESULTS
  When compared to the elderly women without metabolic syndrome, those with the metabolic syndrome had higher levels for body mass (72.2 ± 13.5 versus 63.4 ± 14.6 kg, p = 0.03), body mass index (31.0 ± 5.0 versus 27.2 ± 5.3 kg/m2, p = 0.007), fat mass (30.9 ± 9.9 versus 24.4 ± 8.5 kg, p = 0.01), systolic arterial pressure (125.1 ± 8.2 versus 119.3 ± 8.7 mmHg, p = 0.01), diastolic arterial pressure (75.5 ± 6.9 versus 71.4 ± 6.7 mmHg, p = 0.03), mean arterial pressure (92.5 ± 6.2 versus 87.1 ± 6.7 mmHg, p = 0.004), blood glucose (103.8 ± 19.1 versus 91.1 ± 5.9 mg/dL, p = 0.001), triglycerides (187.1 ± 70.2 versus 116.3 ± 36.7 mg/dL, p = 0.001), and creatine kinase (122.6 ± 58.6 versus 89.8 ± 32.5 U/L, p = 0.01); lower levels were found for fat-free mass (55.9 ± 5.8 versus 59.3 ± 6.7%; p = 0.05), HDL-C (40.7 ± 5.0 versus 50.5 ± 10.1 mg/dL, p = 0.001), and relative muscle strength (0.53 ± 0.14 versus 0.62 ± 0.12, p = 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Elderly women with metabolic syndrome have a higher cardiovascular risk and less relative muscle strength when compared to those without metabolic syndrome. Relative muscle strength may be related to the cardiovascularr risk factors of the metabolic syndrome.
authors.forename: Darlan Lopes
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Farias
authors.forename: Ramires Alsamir
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Tibana
authors.forename: Tatiane Gomes
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.forename: Denis César Leite
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Vitor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tarja
authors.forename: Dahan da Cunha
authors.initials: Dda C
authors.lastname: Nascimento
authors.forename: Alessandro de Oliveira
authors.initials: Ade O
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Silvana Schwerz
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Funghetto
authors.forename: Maritza Alves de Sousa
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Coura
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Valduga
authors.forename: Margô Gomes de Oliveira
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Karnikowski
authors.forename: Jonato
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Prestes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001823:Body Composition; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D053580:Muscle Strength / Q000502:physiology; D012307:Risk Factors