Impact of age and gender on the prevalence and prognostic importance of the metabolic syndrome and its components in Europeans. The MORGAM Prospective Cohort Project.

Impact of age and gender on the prevalence and prognostic importance of the metabolic syndrome and its components in Europeans. The MORGAM Prospective Cohort Project.

<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate the influence of age and gender on the prevalence and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in Europeans presenting with the Metabolic Syndrome (MetS).<h4>Methods</h4>Using 36 cohorts from the MORGAM-Project with baseline between 1982-1997, 69094...

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Main Authors: Julie K K Vishram, Anders Borglykke, Anne H Andreasen, Jørgen Jeppesen, Hans Ibsen, Torben Jørgensen, Luigi Palmieri, Simona Giampaoli, Chiara Donfrancesco, Frank Kee, Giuseppe Mancia, Giancarlo Cesana, Kari Kuulasmaa, Veikko Salomaa, Susana Sans, Jean Ferrieres, Jean Dallongeville, Stefan Söderberg, Dominique Arveiler, Aline Wagner, Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe, Wojciech Drygas, Michael H Olsen, MORGAM Project
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107294

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