By focusing on the metabolic syndrome, the NCEP/ATP III reinforced the need for health care professionals to take a more comprehensive approach to their patients and to address all relevant risk ...

and Blood Institute National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) and WHO definitions to define the metabolic syndrome. At 50 years of age, presence or absence of the metabolic syndrome was ...

Background Metabolic syndrome, a cluster of classical cardiovascular risk factors, including hypertension, obesity, glucose intolerance, and dyslipidemia is highly prevalent in patients with ...