Characteristics of metabolic syndrome associated with hepatic steatosis

Design of the study: a cross-sectional population-based study performed at clinics and healthy units at Curitiba - Parana - Brazil. Objectives: to evidence which are the major cardiovascular risk factors of MS related with the hepatic steatosis (HS). Methodology: 75 patients with metabolic syndrome (MS), in treatment or not for this condition, after meeting the criteria of inclusion or exclusion for the research, were submitted to ultrasound exam of the liver to quantify the degree of HS. Then, the relationship between HS and cardiovascular risk factors of MS was evaluated.Results: regardless of age, gender and hypertension, patients with glucose intolerance or diabetes mellitus have a higher risk for HS than patients with normal serum glucose (p Modelo do estudo: estudo transversal de base populacional realizado em ambulatorios e unidades de saude em Curitiba - Parana - Brasil. Objetivo: evidenciar quais sao os principais fatores de risco cardiovascular da sindrome metabolica (SM) associados a esteatose hepatica (EH). Metodologia: 75 pacientes com SM, sob tratamento ou nao, apos preencher os criterios de inclusao ou exclusao da pesquisa, foram submetidos a ultrassonografia hepatica para investigar a presenca de EH. Em seguida, foi avaliada a relacao entre EH e fatores de risco cardiovasculares da SM. Resultados: independente da idade, genero e hipertensao arterial, pacientes com intolerância a glicose ou diabetes mellitus tem maior risco de EH que os pacientes com glicose serica normal (p