Metabolic syndrome: stronger association with coronary artery disease in young men in comparison with higher prevalence in young women.

BACKGROUND: Being overweight, a constituent of the metabolic syndrome, is also an important contributing factor to the development of coronary artery disease in younger patients, compared with the older patient population. Owing to the above-mentioned fact, we sought to assess the association of the metabolic syndrome with premature coronary artery disease. METHODS: In an analytic cross-sectional study, 940 patients (553 women