Cardio Vascular Disease, Insulin Resistance Syndrome, Prevalence
Conditions
Keywords
Insulin Resistance, Cardiovascular disease, Hyperinsulinemia, Prevalence
Brief summary
This is an observational retrospective study to verify the prevalence of insulin resistance (IR) in the municipality of Naples and ita association with cardiovascular diseases. Primary outcome measure 1: The prevalence of IR. Primary outcome measure 2: The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases in subjects with IRnand in subjects without IR. The data for analysis will be derived from the database of COMEGEN, a cooperative of general practitioners (ASL Napoli 1 Centro)who follow about 200,000 individuals of the ten districts of the municipality of Naples. As surrogate index of IR will be used the TyG with the cutoff ≥8.5. Aldo the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases in the two groups will be derivedby the registered cardiovascular diseases in the database.
Interventions
OTHERNo Intervention: Observational Cohort
There is no intervention
Sponsors
Comune di Napoli
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* all the subjects who have a registered value of glucose and triglycerides in the same day within the last 6 months
Exclusion criteria
* diagnosis of overt diabetes
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Prevalence of insulin resistance | 30 days |
Countries
Italy
Outcome results
None listed