Research Article

Association between Copeptin and Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review

Table 1

Characteristics of included studies assessing the relationship between copeptin and metabolic syndrome (n = 7).

Study idCountriesStudy designsSample sizesAge (years) mean ± SDMale sex (%)Copeptin values (pmol/L) mean ± SDMetS diagnostic criteria% MetSQuality score

Saleem-2009 (AA) [25]USACross-sectional129363.6 ± 9.328.88.6 ± 5.7aATP-III50.49/10
Saleem-2009 (NHW) [25]USACross-sectional119758.9 ± 10.242.65.4 ± 3.4bATP-III48.89/10
Enhörning-2011 [26]SwedenCross-sectional474257.5 ± 5.940.55.5 ± 3.7bATP-III21.58/10
Enhörning-2013 [27]SwedenCohort1653NR40.9NRbATP-III26.29/9
Then-2015 (men) [28]GermanyCross-sectional75257.4 ± 1310010.3 ± 4.8cIDF41.29/10
Then-2015 (women) [28]GermanyCross-sectional78856.2 ± 12.707.6 ± 4cIDF25.09/10
Vintilă-2016 [29]RomaniaCase control10550.9 ± 1.421.9NRcATP-III60.05/9
Canivell-2017 [30]SwitzerlandCross-sectional108947.4 ± 21.5474.2 ± 2.4cATP-III13.48/10
Deligözoğlu-2020 [31]TurkeyCross-sectional8013.8 ± 1.934430.2 ± 18.0cIDF23.84/10

AA: African-Americans, NHW: non-Hispanic Whites, MetS: metabolic syndrome, ATP III: adult treatment panel III, IDF: international diabetes federation, SD: standard deviation, NR: not reported, ILMA: immunoluminometric assay, CLIA: chemiluminescence immunoassay, ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.