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Review
. 2006 Sep;99(9):457-62.
doi: 10.1177/014107680609900917.

The metabolic syndrome

Nigel Unwin  1
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Review

The metabolic syndrome

Nigel Unwin. J R Soc Med. 2006 Sep.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) and National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) in adults (25 to 64 years) of Chinese (Ch), European (Eu), and South Asian (SA) origin, in Newcastle, UK
Figure 2
Figure 2
Graphical representation of the results of factor analysis on the putative components of the metabolic syndrome from Edwards 1994 (Ref. 33) (on left) and Meigs 1997 (Ref. 34) (on right). Fast, fasting; ins, insulin; gluc, glucose; WHR, waist to hip ratio; BMI, body mass index; tgs, triglycerides; Hdl, Hdl cholessterol; Ldl-ppd, Ldl cholesterol peak particle diameter; sBP/dBP, systolic/diastolic blood pressure; neg, negative correlation between the variable and the factor
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