대한임상검사과학회지 (Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science)
- 제44권3호
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- Pages.147-154
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- 2012
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- 1738-3544(pISSN)
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- 2288-1662(eISSN)
Association between Obesity factors and Homocysteine Levels with the Metabolic Syndrome
- Shin, Kyung A (Department of Laboratory Medicine Bundang Jesaeng Hospital)
- 투고 : 2012.09.04
- 심사 : 2012.09.17
- 발행 : 2012.09.30
초록
Metabolic syndrome and homocysteine are associated with increased independent risk factors of cardiovascular disease. We investigated the difference between the degree of obesity, metabolic syndrome risk factors, plasma homocysteine and anthropometric obesity factors. Totally 398 participated in a medical check-up program were selected for this study. Subjects were categorized into three groups according to the number of metabolic syndrome components present as defined by the NCEP-ATP III criteria; Absent (0 criteria, n=124), Pre-MetS (1-2 criteria, n=220) and MetS (