Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in mainland china: a meta-analysis of published studies

• Main Authors: Ri Li (Author), Wenchen Li (Author), Zhijun Lun (Author), Huiping Zhang (Author), Zhi Sun (Author), Joseph Sam Kanu (Author), Shuang Qiu (Author), Yi Cheng (Author), Yawen Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Metabolic syndrome (MS) comprises a set of conditions that are risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. Numerous epidemiological studies on MS have been conducted, but there has not been a systematic analysis of the prevalence of MS in the Chinese population. Theref...