Table 1.

The impact of metabolic syndrome on heart failure development in Korean individuals in their 40s and 50s.

	Individuals in Their 40s		Individuals in Their 50s
Metabolic Status	Men	Women	Men	Women
Normal	1	1	1	1
Pre-metabolic syndrome	1.607 (1.293–1.997)	1.893 (1.43–2.505)	1.508 (1.287–1.767)	1.395 (1.158–1.681)
Metabolic syndrome	1.968 (1.526–2.539)	2.398 (1.466–3.923)	1.711 (1.433–2.044)	2.144 (1.674–2.747)

Values are presented as hazard ratio (95% confidence interval).