Endocrine Abstracts

Background and aims: To compare and contrast the cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk associated with the metabolic syndrome (MetS) and dysglycemia, independent of each other, we evaluated the 6.7-year incidence risk of CVD and coronary heart disease (CHD).Methods and results: In an Iranian population, 4018 subjects ≥40 years with no history of CVD at baseline, were followed up for new CHD and CVD events. Incidence rates and hazard ratio (HR) were est...