TY - JOUR
T1 - Metabolic syndrome is a risk factor for acute cerebral infarction in a younger elderly Kurashiki population
AU - Ohta, Yasuyuki
AU - Takao, Yoshiki
AU - Harada, Kazuhiro
AU - Takehisa, Yasushi
AU - Takao, Takeo
AU - Abe, Koji
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - This study evaluated the association between metabolic syndrome as defined by Japanese criteria and its diagnostic components (visceral obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and impaired glucose tolerance) and acute cerebral infarction in younger elderly (age 50-74 years) and the older elderly (age ≥75 years) persons living in the Japanese city of Kurashiki. We studied 73 patients aged ≥50 years (44 of them aged ≥75 years) admitted to our hospital with acute cerebral infarction and 323 control subjects aged ≥50 years (52 aged ≥75 years) who underwent medical checkup of the brain in our hospital. Types of cerebral infarction included atherothrombotic (27 patients), lacunar (24 patients), cardioembolic (19 patients), and other types (3 patients). Metabolic syndrome was defined based on the Japanese criteria. In multiple logistic regression analysis, among the 29 younger elderly patients aged 50-74 years, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and impaired glucose tolerance as diagnostic components of metabolic syndrome, and metabolic syndrome itself were significantly related to acute cerebral infarction (adjusted odds ratio [OR], 5.664, 4.869, 3.390, and 3.214, respectively). Among the 44 older elderly patients aged ≥75 years, dyslipidemia was significantly related to acute cerebral infarction (OR, 4.193). However, metabolic syndrome was not a significant risk factor for acute cerebral infarction, even when patients with cardioembolic and other types of infarction were excluded. These data suggest that metabolic syndrome as defined by Japanese criteria is an independent risk factor for acute cerebral infarction in the younger elderly, but not the older elderly, Kurashiki population.
AB - This study evaluated the association between metabolic syndrome as defined by Japanese criteria and its diagnostic components (visceral obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and impaired glucose tolerance) and acute cerebral infarction in younger elderly (age 50-74 years) and the older elderly (age ≥75 years) persons living in the Japanese city of Kurashiki. We studied 73 patients aged ≥50 years (44 of them aged ≥75 years) admitted to our hospital with acute cerebral infarction and 323 control subjects aged ≥50 years (52 aged ≥75 years) who underwent medical checkup of the brain in our hospital. Types of cerebral infarction included atherothrombotic (27 patients), lacunar (24 patients), cardioembolic (19 patients), and other types (3 patients). Metabolic syndrome was defined based on the Japanese criteria. In multiple logistic regression analysis, among the 29 younger elderly patients aged 50-74 years, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and impaired glucose tolerance as diagnostic components of metabolic syndrome, and metabolic syndrome itself were significantly related to acute cerebral infarction (adjusted odds ratio [OR], 5.664, 4.869, 3.390, and 3.214, respectively). Among the 44 older elderly patients aged ≥75 years, dyslipidemia was significantly related to acute cerebral infarction (OR, 4.193). However, metabolic syndrome was not a significant risk factor for acute cerebral infarction, even when patients with cardioembolic and other types of infarction were excluded. These data suggest that metabolic syndrome as defined by Japanese criteria is an independent risk factor for acute cerebral infarction in the younger elderly, but not the older elderly, Kurashiki population.
KW - Obesity
KW - dyslipidemia
KW - hypertension
KW - impaired glucose tolerance
KW - old age
KW - stroke
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2010.07.003
DO - 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2010.07.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 20851624
AN - SCOPUS:84858758236
VL - 21
SP - 231
EP - 239
JO - Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
JF - Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
SN - 1052-3057
IS - 3
ER -