Empirical Derivation to Improve the Definition of the Metabolic Syndrome in the Evaluation of Cardiovascular Disease Risk

OBJECTIVE: To examine whether a quantitatively derived metabolic syndrome definition predicts incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) events better than do existing definitions. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Data were pooled from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities, Cardiovascular Health, and Frami...

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Autores principales: Wildman, Rachel P., McGinn, Aileen P., Kim, Mimi, Muntner, Paul, Wang, Dan, Cohen, Hillel W., Ogorodnikova, Alexandra D., Reynolds, Kristi, Fonseca, Vivian
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2011
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3041220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21285391
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc10-1715

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3041220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21285391
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc10-1715

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