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J Am Coll Cardiol, 2007; 50:843-851, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2007.04.075 (Published online 10 August 2007).
© 2007 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation
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Metabolic Syndrome Increases Operative Mortality in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery

Najmeddine Echahidi, MD*, Philippe Pibarot, DVM, PhD, FACC, FAHA*,1, Jean-Pierre Després, PhD, FAHA{dagger},2, Jean-Marc Daigle, MSc{ddagger}, Dania Mohty, MD*,4, Pierre Voisine, MD||, Richard Baillot, MD|| and Patrick Mathieu, MD||,3,*

|| Department of Surgery, Centre de Recherche de l’Hôpital Laval/Institut de Cardiologie de Québec, Quebec, Canada
* Department of Medicine, Centre de Recherche de l’Hôpital Laval/Institut de Cardiologie de Québec, Quebec, Canada
{dagger} Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre de Recherche de l’Hôpital Laval/Institut de Cardiologie de Québec, Quebec, Canada
{ddagger} National Public Health Institute, Quebec, Canada.


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Figure 1 The Effect of the Number of Metabolic Syndrome Components on Operative Mortality Risk

The operative mortality risk was adjusted for age and gender, and the group with no component of the National Cholesterol Education Program–Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATPIII) was used as the referent.

 

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Figure 2 Adjusted Relative Risk for Operative Mortality According to MS and Diabetes

The relative risk was adjusted for age and other covariates, and the group with no metabolic syndrome (MS) and no diabetes was used as the referent. The error bars represent the 95% confidence interval.

 




 
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