title: Impact of different definitions of the metabolic syndrome on the prevalence of organ damage, cardiometabolic risk and cardiovascular events.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Medica, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica, Prevenzione e Biotecnologie Sanitarie, Università Milano-Bicocca, Ospedale San Gerardo dei Tintori, Italy. giuseppe.mancia@unimib.it
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mancia
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bombelli
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Facchetti
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casati
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ronchi
authors.forename: Fosca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Quarti-Trevano
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Arenare
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grassi
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sega
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000209:etiology; D050152:Intra-Abdominal Fat / Q000473:pathology; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D055105:Waist Circumference
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL