title: Does the metabolic syndrome really exist? Diabetes and heart disease groups spar over issue.
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitka
mesh_terms: D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000503:physiopathology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States