Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome Among US Adults
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- 16 January 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 287 (3) , 356-359
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.287.3.356
Abstract
People with the metabolic syndrome are at increased risk for developing diabetes mellitus1 and cardiovascular disease2 as well as increased mortality from cardiovascular disease and all causes.3 The recently released Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III) (ATP III) draws attention to the importance of the metabolic syndrome and provides a working definition of this syndrome for the first time.4 The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome as defined by ATP III in the United States is unknown. Because the implications of the metabolic syndrome for health care are substantial, we sought to establish the prevalence of this condition.Keywords
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