Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its components in Northwest Russia: the Arkhangelsk study

• Main Authors: Brenn Tormod (Author), Nilssen Odd (Author), Sidorenkov Oleg (Author), Martiushov Sergey (Author), Arkhipovsky Vadim L (Author), Grjibovski Andrej M (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of risk factors associated with morbidity from cardiovascular disease (CVD) and associated mortality. Russia has one of the highest CVD mortality rates in the world. However, the prevalence...