The metabolic syndrome using the National Cholesterol Education Program and International Diabetes Federation definitions among urbanised black South Africans with established coronary artery disease

Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa, Vol 12, No 1 (2007)

The metabolic syndrome using the National Cholesterol Education Program and International Diabetes Federation definitions among urbanised black South Africans with established coronary artery disease

Lucas M Ntyintyane, Vanessa R Panz, Frederick J Raal, Geoffrey V Gill

Abstract

The constellation of metabolic abnormalities comprising central obesity, raised triglycerides (TG), reduced high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, raised blood pressure (BP) and raised fasting plasma glucose is referred to as the metabolic syndrome (MS).

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