Anxiety, coronary heart disease and metabolic syndrome in male population: prevalence and interrelations

Abstract

Objective. The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) and metabolic syndrome (MS) with high level of anxiety trait (AT) in open male population aged 25–64 of averaged urbanized Siberian city. Design and methods. Single epidemiological study was performed based on representative selection formed from voting lists of men aged 25–64 of one of the administrative districts of Tyumen. For analysis, we used epidemiological criteria for CAD estimation, and IDF criteria for MS (2005) and Spilberger self-rating scale . Results. The chances for development of «certain» CAD and CAD based on the expanded epidemiological criteria increase in open population of an averaged urbanized Siberian city in men aged 25–64 years with high level of AT. MS is closely related to the lower level of AT in young people (25–44 years old), and to the higher level of AT in older people (aged 55–64 years). Conclusions. In open male population aged 25–64 years, high level of AT is associated with clusters of MS: combination of abdominal obesity (AO) with hypertriglyceridemia and hypertension (HTN), AO with hypo-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and HTN, AO with HTN and hyperglycemia.