Metabolic Risk Factors In Women Research Articles

Metabolic risk factors in women with premature coronary heart disease

Metabolic risk factors in women with premature coronary heart disease

Matching for waist to thigh circumference ratio equalizes important metabolic risk factors between randomized 30-year-old men and women

Abdominal fat distribution is associated with increased incidence of cardiovascular disease and stroke [ 1,2]. Metabolic risk factors are likely to be involved in this association since abdominal fat accumulation is related to alterations of serum lipids, blood pressure, insulin action and glucose tolerance [2]. Waist to hip and waist to thigh circumference ratios are widely used indicators of abdominal fat distribution in epidemiological and clinical studies [1,3,4]. Since men have both higher metabolic risk factors and larger abdominal fat accumulation than body fatand age-matched premenopausal women, in this study we aimed at evaluating the main metabolic risk factors in women with the same circumference ratios as men.