cardiometabolic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr

Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh₂

Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā

Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía)lbor.

English cardio-

English metabolic

English cardiometabolic

From cardio- + metabolic.

Adjective

cardiometabolic (not comparable)

1. (pathology) Concerning both heart disease and metabolic disorders such as diabetes
   • 2013, Polysaccharides—Advances in Research and Application, →ISBN:

     Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Reading, “The ability to mediate a prebiotic modulation of gut microbiota has recently been suggested to have an inverse correlation with risk of cardiometabolic disease..."

   • 2015, Bhautesh Dinesh Jani et al., “The effects of anti-depressants on depression symptom scores at 12 months follow-up in patients with cardiometabolic disease: Results from a large primary care cohort”, in Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, volume 4, →DOI:

     Depression is up to 2–3 times more common in patients with cardiometabolic diseases such as coronary heart disease (CHD), diabetes and stroke

   • 2023 January 29, Ian McMahan, “For longevity, muscle strength may be as important as aerobic exercise”, in Washington Post, →ISSN:

     [Myokines] can help regulate various metabolic processes conducive to better cardiometabolic health, McDonough says.

Related terms

• cardiometabolism