The prevalence of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk factors in adults in southern China

• Main Authors: Lao Xiang (Author), Zhang Yong (Author), Sang Wong Martin (Author), Xu Yan (Author), Xu Hao (Author), Nie Shao (Author), Ma Wen (Author), Thomas G Neil (Author), Sun Yu Ignatius (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The metabolic syndrome has been shown to increase the incidence of cardiovascular disease. Little information exists on the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome for southern Chinese. We therefore investigate the prevalence of the met...