Metabolic Syndrome and Incident Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in a Mediterranean Hypertensive Population
Author(s) -
E ANDREADIS,
G I Tsourous,
Chara Tzavara,
D. Georgiopoulos,
Panagiota Katsanou,
George Marakomichelakis,
E DIAMANTOPOULOS
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2006.12.001
Subject(s) - medicine , metabolic syndrome , national cholesterol education program , incidence (geometry) , population , cardiology , disease , obesity , environmental health , optics , physics
Although the metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with adverse cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in the general population, it is not clear whether its existence is independently associated with CVD in hypertensives. We investigated the presence of MetS in subjects with hypertension and its impact on the incidence of CVD.
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