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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
The Effects of Smoking on the Diagnostic Characteristics of Metabolic Syndrome: A Review
Contributor:
Behl, Taylor A.;
Stamford, Bryant A.;
Moffatt, Robert J.
Published:
SAGE Publications, 2023
Published in:
American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 17 (2023) 3, Seite 397-412
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1177/15598276221111046
ISSN:
1559-8276;
1559-8284
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
Metabolic syndrome is a growing epidemic that increases the risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, stroke, and mortality. It is diagnosed by the presence of three or more of the following risk factors: 1) obesity, with an emphasis on central adiposity, 2) high blood pressure, 3) hyperglycemia, 4) dyslipidemia, with regard to reduced high-density lipoprotein concentrations, and 5) dyslipidemia, with regard to elevated triglycerides. Smoking is one lifestyle factor that can increase the risk for metabolic syndrome as it has been shown to exert negative effects on abdominal obesity, blood pressure, blood glucose concentrations, and blood lipid profiles. Smoking may also negatively affect other factors that influence glucose and lipid metabolism including lipoprotein lipase, adiponectin, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Some of these smoking-related outcomes may be reversed with smoking cessation, thus reducing the risk for metabolic disease; however, metabolic syndrome risk may initially increase post cessation, possibly due to weight gain. Therefore, these findings warrant the need for more research on the development and efficacy of smoking prevention and cessation programs.