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

• Главные авторы: Brenn Tormod (Автор), Nilssen Odd (Автор), Sidorenkov Oleg (Автор), Martiushov Sergey (Автор), Arkhipovsky Vadim L (Автор), Grjibovski Andrej M (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: BMC, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...