title: Clustering trend of components of metabolic syndrome.
abstract: Hereby we report our observations derived from the study of a huge cross-sectional sample of the general population that metabolic risk factors (RFs) tend to cluster into metabolic syndrome (MS). The clustering trend was considered to be intensified with 4-5 RFs.
authors.forename: Yoshifusa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aizawa
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Mahmoud M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ramadan
authors.forename: Yoshimaru
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Usuda
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasaki
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors