Rarer than a blue moon: the use of a diagnostic code for the metabolic syndrome in the U.S.
Ford
Earl S
ES
Division of Adult and Communith Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA. eford@cdc.gov
D006801:Humans; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014481:United States