Coronary Artery Calcification and Inflammation According to Various Metabolic Syndrome Definitions

A number of metabolic syndrome (MS) definitions exist, and one’s cardiovascular disease risk may depend on the definition used. The authors compared the association of subclinical atherosclerosis (coronary artery calcification [CAC] score >0] and inflammation (white blood cell [WBC] count greater than or equal to the highest quartile) with 3 definitions of MS (those of the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III [NCEP...