Multimarker Approach to Evaluate the Incidence of the Metabolic Syndrome and Longitudinal Changes in Metabolic Risk Factors
Author(s) -
Erik Ingelsson,
Michael J. Pencina,
Geoffrey H. Tofler,
Emelia J. Benjamin,
Katherine J. Lanier,
Paul F. Jacques,
Caroline S. Fox,
James B. Meigs,
Daniel Levy,
Martin G. Larson,
Jacob Selhub,
Ralph B. D’Agostino,
Thomas J. Wang,
Ramachandran S. Vasan
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.107.708537
Subject(s) - medicine , metabolic syndrome , endocrinology , aldosterone , plasminogen activator , blood pressure , plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 , natriuretic peptide , biomarker , fibrinogen , cardiology , heart failure , obesity , biochemistry , chemistry
The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with increased cardiovascular risk. We evaluated the relative contributions of circulating biomarkers representing distinct biological pathways to the incidence of MetS and to longitudinal changes of its constituent risk factors.
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