title: The individual components of the metabolic syndrome: is there a raison d'etre?
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Falk Cardiovascular Research Center, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. greven@cvmed.stanford.edu
authors.forename: Gerald M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Reaven
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000150:complications; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000145:classification* / Q000209:etiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D012307:Risk Factors