The new worldwide definition of metabolic syndrome is not a better diagnostic predictor of cardiovascular disease in Japanese diabetic patients than the existing definitions: additional analysis from the Japan Diabetes Complications Study.
Sone
Hirohito
H
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tsukuba Institute of Clinical Medicine, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan 305-8575.
Tanaka
Sachiko
S
Ishibashi
Shun
S
Yamasaki
Yoshimitsu
Y
Oikawa
Shinichi
S
Ito
Hideki
H
Saito
Yasushi
Y
Ohashi
Yasuo
Y
Akanuma
Yasuo
Y
Yamada
Nobuhiro
N
D001794:Blood Pressure; D049628:Body Size; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000145:classification* / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D014944:World Health Organization
D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D014280:Triglycerides