Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome in the United States, 2003-2012

Aguilar, María; Bhuket, Taft; Torres, Sharon; Liu, Benny; J. Wong, Robert

doi:10.1001/jama.2015.4260

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Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome in the United States, 2003-2012

Published in JAMA • May 19, 2015

Authors:

María Aguilar

Taft Bhuket

Sharon Torres

Abstract

The metabolic syndrome contributes to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. 1-4Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2006 reported a metabolic syndrome prevalence of 34%. 5 Understanding updated prevalence trends may be important given the potential effect of...

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Medicine

Metabolic syndrome

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