Metabolic syndrome in nondiabetic individuals associated with maladaptive carotid remodeling: The hoorn study
RIS ID
125159
Abstract
BackgroundThe metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with an increased risk of stroke. Arterial remodeling could play an important role herein as maladaptive remodeling is a risk factor for stroke. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether MetS was associated with maladaptive remodeling of the carotid artery and if any such association was independent of hemodynamic variables.MethodsWe studied 385 (n = 195 women) nondiabetic, elderly subjects. A MetS z-score (average of sex-specific z-scores of the five MetS traits) was constructed. Intima-media thickness (IMT) and interadventitial diameter (IAD) were assessed by ultrasonography, and lumen diameter (LD), and circumferential wall stress (CWS) were calculated. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to investigate the association between MetS and carotid remodeling.ResultsAfter adjustment for age, sex, height, prior cardiovascular disease (CVD), dyslipidemia, and smoking, MetS was independently associated with a greater IAD (regression coefficient (Β) per s.d. increase in MetS z-score (95% confidence interval), 0.45mm (0.28; 0.63)), LD (0.41mm (0.25; 0.58)) and CWS (5.56kPa (3.71; 7.42)). These associations were attenuated after additional adjustment for inflammatory, metabolic and particularly hemodynamic variables, but remained statistically significant. No significant association was found between MetS and IMT (0.020mm (0.006; 0.046)).ConclusionsMetS is associated with maladaptive remodeling of the carotid artery, which is the result of changes in LD, IAD, and, to a lesser extent, IMT. This process is independent of hemodynamic variables. Whether this association and process will be observed in a broader population and explains the increased risk of stroke in MetS deserves further study. 2011 American Journal of Hypertension, Ltd.
Publication Details
Beijers, H. J. B. H., Henry, R. M. A., Bravenboer, B., Ferreira , I., Dekker, J. M., Nijpels, G. & Stehouwer, C. D. A. (2011). Metabolic syndrome in nondiabetic individuals associated with maladaptive carotid remodeling: The hoorn study. American Journal of Hypertension, 24 (4), 429-436.