title: Recognition and implications of the metabolic syndrome.
authors.affiliation: USC School of Medicine, 2 Medical Park, Suite 502, Columbia, SC 29203, USA.
authors.forename: Ali A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Rizvi
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D015995:Prevalence; D011634:Public Health; D012307:Risk Factors; D013022:South Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology