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Cardiovascular Disease
Larger waist size, higher triglyceride levels boost CVD, stroke risks for women
May 19th, 2005
A tape measure and a simple blood test may be the best way to gauge cardiovascular risk for postmenopausal women, according to a report published in the April 19, 2005, obesity-themed issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Women who had an enlarged waist and elevated levels of blood fats known as triglycerides had almost a 5-fold increased risk of fatal cardiovascular events compared to women without those traits. Enlarged waist and elevated triglycerides (EWET) are two of five risk factors that the U.S. National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) uses to characterize the metabolic syndrome (MS). The others are...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-05-19)
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