title: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tsukuba Institute of Clinical Medicine, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan 305-8575.
authors.forename: Hirohito
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sone
authors.forename: Sachiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Shun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: Yoshimitsu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oikawa
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akanuma
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D014280:Triglycerides