The metabolic syndrome as a risk factor for chronic kidney disease: More than a fat chance?
The metabolic syndrome as a risk factor for chronic kidney disease: More than a fat chance?
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DOI:
10.1097/01.asn.0000141964.68839.bb
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发表时间:
2004-11-01
影响因子:
13.6
通讯作者:
Sedor, JR
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作者:
Schelling, JR;Sedor, JR
The metabolic syndrome, also known as syndrome X or insulin resistance syndrome, is characterized by abdominal obesity, hyperglycemia, hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia, and reduced HDL cholesterol. In this issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Wisse (1) describes the link between chronic inflammation of visceral adipose and the insulin resistance and pathologic features that characterize the metabolic syndrome. The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in the United States is∼ 47 million and rising (2), as a result of the current obesity and diabetes epidemics. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology readers are well aware that chronic kidney disease (CKD) is also increasingly common, with an estimated 8 million people in the United States with GFR< 60 ml/min (Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey). Many aspects of the metabolic syndrome phenotype are associated with CKD, suggesting that individuals with visceral obesity are at increased risk for progressive loss of renal function.Several groups have examined the relationship between the metabolic syndrome and CKD. Hoehner et al.(3) correlated the metabolic syndrome profile and microalbuminuria in a cross-sectional study of American Indians from Wisconsin and Minnesota. After stratification, individuals with three or more metabolic syndrome traits had a 2.3-fold increased odds of having microalbuminuria compared with a control group without the syndrome. Palaniappan et al.(4) and Chen et al.(5) extracted data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey database, which contains detailed clinical information from> 6000 subjects. Both studies found a statistical association between metabolic syndrome and microalbuminuria. Chen et al. also discovered a significant correlation between number of metabolic syndrome factors and GFR< 60 ml/min. Individual traits that confer greatest risk were hypertension and hyperglycemia (5), which is not surprising, because both factors predispose to CKD pathogenesis and/or progression (6, 7).