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Circulation. 2004;110:380-385
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(Circulation. 2004;110:380-385.)
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C-Reactive Protein, the Metabolic Syndrome, and Prediction of Cardiovascular Events in the Framingham Offspring Study

Martin K. Rutter, MD; James B. Meigs, MD, MPH; Lisa M. Sullivan, PhD; Ralph B. D’Agostino, Sr, PhD; Peter W.F. Wilson, MD

From the Countess of Chester Hospital, Chester, and Department of Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (M.K.R.); Harvard Medical School and General Internal Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (J.B.M.); Boston University School of Public Health (L.M.S., R.D.A.); and Boston University School of Medicine and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Framingham (Mass) Heart Study, Boston, Mass (P.W.F.W.).

Correspondence to Martin K. Rutter, MD, Directorate of Medicine, Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Trust, Liverpool Road, Chester, CH2 1UL, UK. E-mail Martin.Rutter{at}coch.nhs.uk

Received October 8, 2003; revision received March 25, 2004; accepted April 14, 2004.

Background— Inflammation (assessed by C-reactive protein [CRP]) and the metabolic syndrome (MetS) are associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD), but population-based data are limited.

Methods and Results— We assessed the cross-sectional relations of CRP to the MetS (National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults, Adult Treatment Panel III definition) in 3037 subjects (1681 women; mean age, 54 years) and the utility of CRP and the MetS to predict new CVD events (n=189) over 7 years. MetS (≥3 of 5 traits) was present in 24% of subjects; mean age-adjusted CRP levels for those with 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 MetS traits were 2.2, 3.5, 4.2, 6.0, or 6.6 mg/L, respectively (P trend <0.0001). In persons with MetS, age-adjusted CRP levels were higher in women than men (7.8 versus 4.6 mg/L; P<0.0001). MetS and baseline CRP were individually related to CVD events (for MetS: age-sex-adjusted hazard ratio [HR], 2.1; 95% CI, 1.5 to 2.8; for highest versus lowest CRP quartile: HR, 2.2; 95% CI, 1.4 to 3.5). Greater risk of CVD persisted for MetS and CRP even after adjustment in a model including age, sex, MetS (HR, 1.8; 95% CI, 1.4 to 2.5), and CRP (HR, 1.9; 95% CI, 1.2 to 2.9). The c-statistic associated with the age- and sex-adjusted model including CRP was 0.72; including MetS, 0.74; and including CRP and MetS, 0.74.

Conclusions— Elevated CRP levels are related to insulin resistance and the presence of the MetS, especially in women. Although discrimination of subjects at risk of CVD events using both MetS and CRP is not better than using either phenotype alone, both CRP and MetS are independent predictors of new CVD events.


Key Words: C-reactive protein • cardiovascular diseases • insulin • prognosis • risk factors




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