Metabolic Syndrome vs Framingham Risk Score for Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke, and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Author(s) -
S. Goya Wannamethee,
A. G. Shaper,
Lucy Len,
Richard Morris
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.165.22.2644
Subject(s) - metabolic syndrome , medicine , framingham risk score , stroke (engine) , national cholesterol education program , type 2 diabetes mellitus , diabetes mellitus , cardiology , relative risk , confidence interval , framingham heart study , type 2 diabetes , risk factor , disease , endocrinology , obesity , mechanical engineering , engineering
We sought to compare metabolic syndrome (MetS) with the Framingham Risk Score (FRS) as predictors of coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) in middle-aged men.
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