Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Day introduction of waist circumference new standards for the diagnosis of myocardial infarction

Recently, Japan has developed a medical judgment viscera fat accumulation in the degree of new standards.   Adult male waist circumference exceeding 85 cm, female waist circumference exceeding 90 cm, you should be aware of their own if there is a risk of myocardial infarction. In the human body, the FAT to subcutaneous adipose tissue and organs in the form of fat. Visceral fat increases people's blood glucose, blood pressure and neutral fat faster than the normal value, even if no symptoms of diabetes or hypertension, multiple values in the human body is also relatively high, and accelerates the hardening of the arteries, increased risk of myocardial infarction occurred, visceral fat syndrome and other symptoms. At present, the accumulation of visceral fat only by CT (computer tomography) to be detected, and no clear criteria for diagnosis of visceral fat accumulation.

Held last month in Osaka Japan within the Scientific Conference, Japan Society of atherosclerosis, the Japan Society of diabetes and other eight major medical Association announced a new judgment standard fat visceral organs. New diagnostic criteria that adult male waist circumference more than 85 cm, female waist circumference greater than 90 cm, neutral fat in 0.1 liter more than 150 mg in serum HDL cholesterol is not reached or 40 mg; blood pressure more than 130 high-voltage and low voltage 85 above fasting blood glucose value; in 0.1 liters in the plasma of more than 110 mg of three of these in occupies two, can be diagnosed as suffering from a visceral fat syndrome.

Japan Society of internal medicine at the same time is of the view that attention to eating habits and increased physical activity can reduce the appropriate heart attack risk. Therefore, improving the lifestyle is the best prevention of myocardial infarction.

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