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A Network-Based Approach to Visualize Prevalence and Progression of Metabolic Syndrome Components

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PLOS ONE
Volume 7, Issue 6, Pages -

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PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039461

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  1. Federal Ministry of Education and Research [01ZZ9603, 01ZZ0103, 01ZZ0403]
  2. Ministry of Cultural Affairs
  3. Social Ministry of the Federal State of Mecklenburg, West Pomerania
  4. Ministry of Cultural Affairs of the Federal State of Mecklenburg - West Pomerania [03IS2061A]
  5. Ministry of Cultural Affairs of the Federal State of Mecklenburg, West Pomerania, Germany
  6. Swedish Research Council [2009-5344]

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Background: The additional clinical value of clustering cardiovascular risk factors to define the metabolic syndrome (MetS) is still under debate. However, it is unclear which cardiovascular risk factors tend to cluster predominately and how individual risk factor states change over time. Methods & Results: We used data from 3,187 individuals aged 20-79 years from the population-based Study of Health in Pomerania for a network-based approach to visualize clustered MetS risk factor states and their change over a five-year follow-up period. MetS was defined by harmonized Adult Treatment Panel III criteria, and each individual's risk factor burden was classified according to the five MetS components at baseline and follow-up. We used the map generator to depict 32 (2(5)) different states and highlight the most important transitions between the 1,024 (32(2)) possible states in the weighted directed network. At baseline, we found the largest fraction (19.3%) of all individuals free of any MetS risk factors and identified hypertension (15.4%) and central obesity (6.3%), as well as their combination (19.0%), as the most common MetS risk factors. Analyzing risk factor flow over the five-year follow-up, we found that most individuals remained in their risk factor state and that low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) (6.3%) was the most prominent additional risk factor beyond hypertension and central obesity. Also among individuals without any MetS risk factor at baseline, low HDL (3.5%), hypertension (2.1%), and central obesity (1.6%) were the first risk factors to manifest during follow-up. Conclusions: We identified hypertension and central obesity as the predominant MetS risk factor cluster and low HDL concentrations as the most prominent new onset risk factor.

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