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Individuals with metabolic syndrome had a higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) at 17.2% compared to 7.0% in those without it.
Clinicians should monitor cardiovascular health closely in patients with metabolic syndrome.
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People with the metabolic syndrome had more atherosclerosis (maximum intimal medial thickness, 0.78+/-0.18 versus 0.74+/-0.18 mm; P=0.0005), CVD (17.2% versus 7.0%; P=0.0001).
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Based on the large sample size of 1276 adults.
Source
Relationship of Metabolic Syndrome and Fibrinolytic Dysfunction to Cardiovascular Disease
Sonia S. Anand et al. · Circulation · 2003
DOI 10.1161/01.cir.0000080884.27358.49
cross-sectional · n=1276Cited 290×
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