Description and prediction of the development of metabolic syndrome: a longitudinal analysis using a markov model approach.

BACKGROUND: Delineating the natural history of metabolic syndrome (MetS) is prerequisite to prevention. This study aimed to build Markov models to simulate each component's progress and to test the effect of different initial states on the development of MetS. METHODS: MetS was defined with rev...

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Main Authors: Lee-Ching Hwang, Chyi-Huey Bai, San-Lin You, Chien-An Sun, Chien-Jen Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3688628?pdf=render