The metabolic syndrome and CVD outcomes for a central Australian cohort
- Luke, Joanne N.
- Brown, Alex
- Daniel, Mark
- O'Dea, Kerin
- Best, James D.
- Jenkins, Alicia J.
- Wang, Zhiqiang
- McDermott, Robyn A.
- Wang, Zaimin
- Rowley, Kevin G.
Publication date
June 2013
DOI Publisher
Elsevier BV ISSN
0168-8227 Citation count (estimate)
7Abstract
We investigated if the metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its component risk factors predict cardiovascular disease (CVD) for Aboriginal people from central Australia. WHO (HR 2.83), NCEP (1.80) and IDF (2.47) definitions of the MetS all had positive associations with CVD, however offered little above individual MetS components for hyperglycaemia
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