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The Risk of Metabolic Syndrome According to the White Blood Cell Count in Apparently Healthy Korean Adults
- Source :
- Yonsei Medical Journal
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Yonsei University College of Medicine, 2013.
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Abstract
- Purpose Considerable amount of interest has been focused on the positive relationship between inflammation and the metabolic syndrome (MS). However, few studies have been performed to evaluate the relationship between baseline white blood cell (WBC) count and future risk for developing MS. Therefore, we investigated whether the baseline plasma levels of WBC count could be associated with future risk for MS in apparently healthy Korean. Materials and Methods A total of 1135 subjects (781 men and 354 women with a mean age of 49 years), who underwent health examinations at Kangbuk Samsung Hospital in both 2002 and 2005 were enrolled. The presence of MS was defined using the modified criteria of the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III using BMI instead of waist circumference. Results The baseline levels of WBC count were significantly higher among incident MS cases than among subjects without MS. The relative risks of incident MS were 1.4, 3.2 and 2.7 for WBC quartiles 2, 3, and 4, respectively, when compared with the first quartile (p-value for trend
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Waist
White blood cell count
Body Mass Index
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Leukocyte Count
Risk Factors
Internal medicine
White blood cell
Republic of Korea
Humans
Medicine
National Cholesterol Education Program
Retrospective Studies
Metabolic Syndrome
business.industry
Retrospective cohort study
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
medicine.anatomical_structure
Endocrinology
Quartile
inflammation
Relative risk
Original Article
Female
Metabolic syndrome
business
Body mass index
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19762437 and 05135796
- Volume :
- 54
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Yonsei Medical Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d5d1cb204586df5410e346d9522bf25c