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. 2009 Jan 22;30(7):840–849. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn569

Table 3.

Relationship between components of the metabolic syndrome as well as related biological variables with the extent of coronary collateral circulation

Collateral flow grade 0 (n = 23) 1 (n = 45) 2 (n = 102) 3 (n = 140) 4 (n = 77) P-value
Metabolic syndrome
 No 8 (35) 18 (42) 57 (56) 77 (55) 46 (60) 0.005
 Yes 15 (65) 27 (58) 45 (44) 63 (45) 31 (40)

Number of components of MS
 0–1 2 (9) 10 (22) 23 (23) 34 (24) 23 (30)
 2–3 10 (43) 21 (47) 56 (55) 84 (60) 40 (52) 0.002
 4–5 11 (48) 14 (31) 23 (22) 22 (16) 14 (18)

Components of the metabolic syndrome
 Obesity (BMI > 30 kg/m2) 12 (52) 18 (42) 23 (23) 39 (28) 23 (30) 0.06
 High blood pressure 17 (74) 24 (53) 62 (61) 68 (48) 39 (50) 0.04
 Low HDL cholesterol 19 (83) 32 (71) 75 (73) 111 (79) 54 (70) 0.41
 High triglycerides 6 (27) 45 (49) 41 (40) 57 (41) 26 (34) 0.33
 Fasting glycaemia >6.1 mmol/L 18 (78) 24 (56) 49 (48) 55 (39) 33 (43) 0.002

Other biological variables
 Insulin (mUI/L) 9.60 (6.80–16.10) 8.90 (6.90–12.60) 6.70 (4.80–10.70) 6.60 (4.50–11.70 6.50 (4.50–10.00 0.04
 HOMA-IR 3.15 (1.97–4.41) 2.53 (1.78–4.74) 1.93 (1.01–3.14) 1.61 (1.10–3.10) 1.70 (1.08–2.71) 0.03
 HbA1C (%) 6.1 (5.4–6.6) 5.8 (5.3–7.1) 5.8 (5.3–7.2) 5.6 (5.3–6.5) 5.8 (5.3–6.6) 0.37
 C-reactive protein (mg/L) 6.99 (1.00–11.90) 6.75 (1.88–13.12) 6.23 (2.31–16.62) 3.44 (1.71–8.20) 3.44 (2.10–14.65) 0.16
 Fibrinogen (g/L) 3.96 (2.69–4.51) 4.09 (3.30–5.20) 4.22 (3.36–4.81) 3.81 (3.14–4.74) 4.03 (3.37–4.77) 0.45
 Adiponectin (ng/mL) 5170 (2462–8057) 5480 (3385–8358) 6648 (3421–10834) 6807 (3674–11533) 7529 (3664–12269) 0.001
 PAI-1 (ng/mL) 33 (19–44) 27 (18–40) 23 (17–35) 22 (16–34) 21 (16–33) 0.01

MS, metabolic syndrome; BMI, body mass index. Trends were tested using Spearman’s correlations and Mantel–Haenszel linear tendency tests.