A Web-based Approach to Treating Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Employees With Metabolic Syndrome (BEHHS)

Inclusion Criteria:

• Employee of Baptist Health
• Access to Internet
• Has a smart phone (Android or Apple supported) with data plan
• Has an email address

• Diagnosis of three or more of the following:

  1. Waist circumference >=40 inches in and male and >= 35 inches in a female
  2. Fasting triglyceride level > 150 mg/dl*
  3. HDL-C < 40 mg/dl in men or < 50 mg/dl in women*
  4. BP > 130/85 mm Hg*

  5. Fasting blood glucose > 110 mg/dl

     • Or currently on medication to treat the abnormal condition

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Prior history of major cardiovascular events (angina, myocardial infarction, prior coronary revascularization
2. Any woman of childbearing potential who is pregnant, breastfeeding/currently lactating, seeking to become pregnant or suspects that she may be pregnant**
3. Active treatment for cancer
4. Known history of a bilateral mastectomy
5. Known history of diabetes (already being treated as high-risk group, would not qualify as having Metabolic Syndrome for purposes of our study)
6. Known history of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
7. Currently in atrial fibrillation
8. Known history of hypo-tension
9. Known history of heart failure
10. Known history of aortic valve stenosis
11. Known history of heart block
12. Chest CT scan in the last year
13. Cognitive inability as judged by the interviewer