Article: Metabolic syndrome hikes risk of symptomatic PAD.(News)(Clinical report)

New Orleans -- Women with metabolic syndrome have an increased risk of developing symptomatic peripheral artery disease, mediated mainly by the syndrome's associated inflammation and endothelial activation, according to a prospective study of more than 27,000 women.

"The bottom line is if you account for the inflammation associated with the metabolic syndrome, there is no residual risk associated with the syndrome itself," Dr. Aruna D. Pradhan said at the annual scientific sessions of the American Heart Association.

She reported on 27, 111 middle-aged female health professionals free of known cardiovascular disease when they enrolled in the Women's ...

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