Kidney ills linked to metabolic syndrome

A U.S. study of kidney dialysis patients found nearly 70 percent had metabolic syndrome, considered a predictor of cardiovascular disease.

Study leader Dr. Daniel Young, a postdoctoral fellow at Washington University in St. Louis, says metabolic syndrome is a term applied to anyone with three of the following five criteria: abdominal obesity, elevated triglyceride levels, low HDL cholesterol or "good cholesterol," high blood pressure or high blood glucose after fasting.

The study, published in Hemodialysis International, also showed white, female and diabetic dialysis patients showed the highest incidence of metabolic syndrome. ...

•	Kidney ills linked to metabolic syndrome United Press International, Friday, March 9, 2007 Byline: UPI staff