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Impact of Metabolic Syndrome on the Development of Cardiovascular Disease in a General Japanese Population
Author(s) -
Toshiharu Ninomiya,
Michiaki Kubo,
Yasufumi Doi,
Koji Yonemoto,
Yumihiro Tanizaki,
Mahbubur Rahman,
Hisatomi Arima,
Kazuhiko Tsuryuya,
Mitsuo Iida,
Yutaka Kiyohara
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.106.479642
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , metabolic syndrome , confounding , prospective cohort study , national cholesterol education program , risk factor , stroke (engine) , incidence (geometry) , disease , population , obesity , confidence interval , environmental health , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , engineering
The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in general populations. However, well-designed prospective studies in Asian populations are very limited.

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