1. Positive association between the metabolic syndrome and white blood cell counts in Chinese.
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Hong Yang, Yuan-Qing Fu, Bo Yang, Ju-Sheng Zheng, Xiao-Yun Zeng, Wen Zeng, Zhi-Fen Fan, Min Chen, Ling Wang, Duo Li, Yang, Hong, Fu, Yuan-Qing, Yang, Bo, Zheng, Ju-Sheng, Zeng, Xiao-Yun, Zeng, Wen, Fan, Zhi-Fen, Chen, Min, Wang, Ling, and Li, Duo
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METABOLIC syndrome , *LEUKOCYTE count , *PERIPHERAL circulation , *HEMATOLOGY , *HYPERTENSION epidemiology , *AGE distribution , *HEMOGLOBINS , *HYPERGLYCEMIA , *HYPERLIPIDEMIA , *SEX distribution , *LOGISTIC regression analysis , *BODY mass index , *ODDS ratio - Abstract
Background and Objectives: The aim was to investigate the association between peripheral circulating white blood cell count (WBC) and the metabolic syndrome among populations in central China.Methods and Study Design: In the present study, 5,278 subjects (2,412 women, 2,866 men) aged 18-75 years were recruited through a health check program in Wuhan, China. Biochemical and haematological parameters were measured by standard methods and the metabolic syndrome diagnosed as defined by the Chinese Diabetes Society criteria for Chinese.Results: Both WBC counts and prevalence of metabolic syndrome were significantly higher in men than in women (p<0.01). Participants in the highest quartile of white blood cell count had significantly higher odds ratio of metabolic syndrome (3.79, 95% CI: 2.64, 5.44), compared with subjects in the lowest quartile. The trend remained significant after adjustment for confounding factors and in further subgroup-analyses.Conclusions: Metabolic syndrome prevalence was significantly and positively correlated with the total white blood cell count in this Chinese population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2017
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