Redefinition of the metabolic syndrome - Useful or creating illness? [1]

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1247, 2006, Pages

  Anscombe, Russell ^a   Krebs, Jeremy ^a   Weatherall, Mark ^b   Harding, Scott A ^a  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33845760042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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