title: Counterpoint: just being alive is not good enough.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Falk CVRC, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Dr., Stanford, CA 94305, USA. greaven@cvmed.stanford.edu
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reaven
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012306:Risk