Post-challenge insulin concentration is useful for differentiating between coronary artery disease and cardiac syndrome X in subjects without known diabetes mellitus

Table 4 Metabolic health and obesity status in subjects with cardiac syndrome X vs. coronary artery disease (status without known diabetes mellitus)

Metabolically unhealthy: who met ≥2 of the following four criteria: high triglycerides (≥150 mg/dl) or taking lipid-lowering drugs, elevated systolic blood pressure (≥130 mmHg) or diastolic blood pressure (≥85 mmHg) or taking anti-hypertensive drugs, high fasting glucose (≥100 mg/dl) or taking medications for diabetes (insulin or oral anti-diabetic), and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (<40 mg/dl for men and <50 mg/dl for women)
Obesity body mass index equal to or greater than 25 kg/m²
MHNO metabolically healthy non-obesity, MHO metabolically healthy obesity, MUHNO metabolically unhealthy non-obesity, MUHO metabolically unhealthy obesity

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