Metabolic Syndrome, Independent of Its Components, Is a Risk Factor for Stroke and Death But Not for Coronary Heart Disease Among Hypertensive Patients in the ASCOT-BPLA

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether in hypertensive patients the risk of cardiovascular disease is greater in association with the metabolic syndrome (MetS) or the sum of its individual components. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Cox regression analysis models were developed to assess the influence of age,...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Ajay K., Dahlof, Bjorn, Sever, Peter S., Poulter, Neil R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2890375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20413525
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc09-2208

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2890375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20413525
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc09-2208

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