JB Meigs, PWF Wilson, DM Nathan, RB D'Agostino, K … - Diabetes, 2003 - Am Diabetes Assoc The metabolic syndrome may be a common phenotype increasing risk for type 2 diabetes and
cardiovascular disease. We assessed the prevalence and characteristics of the metabolic syndrome
among population-based samples of 3,224 white subjects attending Framingham ... Cited by 350 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
JB Meigs - Current Diabetes Reports, 2003 - Springer Introduction Diabetes mellitus and, in particular, type 2 diabetes, is extremely common. Diabetes
affects over 8% of the US population between the ages of 20 to 74 years [1]. Its prevalence is
rapidly accelerating worldwide, with rates expected to increase more than 165% by 2050 ... Cited by 65 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org ES Ford, WH Giles - Diabetes care, 2003 - Am Diabetes Assoc OBJECTIVE—To compare the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome using two definitions: one
proposed by the Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel on
Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult ... Cited by 496 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
JB Meigs - American Journal of Managed Care, 2002 - ajmc.com Diabetes mellitus is extremely com- mon, affecting more than 8% of the US population between
the ages of 20 and 74 years of age.1 Type 2 diabetes accounts for more than 90% of these
cases. Alarmingly, the incidence of type 2 dia- betes is rapidly accelerating worldwide, ... Cited by 93 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 5 versions
LA Jaber, MB Brown, A Hammad, Q Zhu, WH … - Diabetes Care, 2004 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS—The age-adjusted prevalence of the metabolic syndrome was 23% (95% CI
19–26%) by the ATP III definition and 28% (24–32%) by the WHO definition. Although the prevalence
increased significantly with age and BMI in both sexes by both definitions, differences in ... Cited by 71 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
HE Resnick, K Jones, G Ruotolo, AK Jain, J … - Diabetes Care, 2003 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS—MS was present in 798 individuals (35%), and 181 participants (7.9%) developed
CVD over 7.6 ± 1.8 years of follow-up. Age, BMI, waist circumference, and triglyceride levels
increased and HDL cholesterol decreased across tertiles of HOMA-IR. Risk of diabetes ... Cited by 244 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
SH Golden, R Chong - Current Diabetes Reports, 2004 - Springer Does the Insulin Resistance Syndrome Cause an Increased Risk of Cardiovascular
Disease? The presence of cardiovascular risk factors related to insu- lin resistance prior to the
onset of type 2 diabetes may explain why a significant proportion of patients with newly ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
CM Alexander, PB Landsman, SM Teutsch, SM Haffner - Diabetes, 2003 - Am Diabetes Assoc Although the individual components of the metabolic syndrome are clearly associated with increased
risk for coronary heart disease (CHD), we wanted to quantify the increased prevalence of CHD
among people with metabolic syndrome. The Third National Health and Nutrition ... Cited by 672 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
- ►oxfordjournals.org DE Laaksonen, HM Lakka, LK Niskanen, GA … - American journal of …, 2002 - Oxford Univ Press The World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Cholesterol Education Program
(NCEP) recently proposed definitions for the metabolic syndrome. Little is known of their
validity, however. The authors assessed the sensitivity and specificity of the definitions of ... Cited by 555 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
[CITATION] The metabolic syndrome: prevalence and associated risk factor findings in the US …
