A longitudinal study over 40 years to study the metabolic syndrome as a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases

Abstract The impact of most, but not all, cardiovascular risk factors decline by age. We investigated how the metabolic syndrome (MetS) was related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) during 40 years follow-up in the Uppsala Longitudinal Study of Adult Men (ULSAM, 2,123 men all aged 50 at baseline with...

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Main Authors: Lars Lind, Johan Sundström, Johan Ärnlöv, Ulf Risérus, Erik Lampa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82398-8