Does the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol play a key role in predicting metabolic syndrome in the Iranian adult population?

• Main Authors: Karimollah Hajian-Tilaki (Author), Behzad Heidari (Author), Arefeh Hajian-Tilaki (Author), Alireza Firouzjahi (Author), Afsaneh Bakhtiari (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Babol University of Medical Sciences, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The low density lipoprotein cholestrol (LDL-C) has an important role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease but its association and predictive accuracy with metabolic syndrome (MetS) remains controversial. The objective of this study was to investigate the association and predicti...