Open AccessDietary Intake and the Development of the Metabolic Syndrome
Author(s) -
Pamela L. Lutsey,
Lyn M. Steffen,
June Stevens
Publication year - 2008
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.107.716159
Subject(s) - medicine , refined grains , environmental health , prospective cohort study , food group , incidence (geometry) , dairy foods , cohort , metabolic syndrome , cohort study , obesity , food science , whole grains , biology , physics , optics
The role of diet in the origin of metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) is not well understood; thus, we sought to evaluate the relationship between incident MetSyn and dietary intake using prospective data from 9514 participants (age, 45 to 64 years) enrolled in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study.
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