title: Which diagnostic criteria of metabolic syndrome can better predict the risk of ischemic heart disease and stroke in Japanese and Asian populations?
authors.forename: Katsutoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okada
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology