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Metabolic syndrome, dysglycaemia and vascular disease: making sense of the evidence
Abstract
“ ‘Diagnosis’ of metabolic syndrome by any current criteria is not needed and adds little to clinical practice. Attention and resources should be focused on the major modifiable risk factors and more should be done to engender sustainable lifestyle changes in all with vascular disease”
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- Abbreviations:
- BP
- blood pressure
- EASD
- European Association for the Study of Diabetes
- ESC
- European Society of Cardiology
- FRS
- Framingham Risk Score
- HDL
- high-density lipoprotein
- HR
- hazard ratio
- IFG
- impaired fasting glycaemia
- IDF
- International Diabetes Federation
- IGT
- impaired glucose tolerance
- LDL
- low-density lipoprotein
- NCEP
- National Cholesterol Education Panel
- OGTT
- oral glucose tolerance test
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2007 BMJ Publishing Group and British Cardiac Society