title: World Health Organization-defined metabolic syndrome is a better predictor of coronary calcium than the adult treatment panel III criteria in American men aged 40-49 years.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, 130 N. Bellefield Ave., Bellefiled Bldg., Room 405, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. ttomoph@aol.com
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takamiya
authors.forename: Wahid R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Zaky
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Edmundowics
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kadowaki
authors.forename: Hirotsugu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ueshima
authors.forename: Lewis H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Kuller
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sekikawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood*; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012044:Regression Analysis; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014944:World Health Organization
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D008055:Lipids; D002118:Calcium