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.
Takamiya
Tomoko
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University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, 130 N. Bellefield Ave., Bellefiled Bldg., Room 405, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. ttomoph@aol.com
Zaky
Wahid R
WR
Edmundowics
Daniel
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Kadowaki
Takashi
T
Ueshima
Hirotsugu
H
Kuller
Lewis H
LH
Sekikawa
Akira
A
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
D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D008055:Lipids; D002118:Calcium