Metabolic syndrome-Is the whole really greater than the sum of the parts?

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 211-213

  Jeremy, Richmond W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; HEART DEATH; HEAT STROKE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; STROKE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 79952820532     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2011.02.002     Document Type: Editorial

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