Cardiovascular risk assessment in the metabolic syndrome

 

Prospective Cardiovascular Münster (PROCAM) Study, a prospective study of men and women at work in the northwest of German is published. Men who were classified as having the metabolic syndrome  were 2.59-fold more likely to experience a major coronary event within 10 years of follow-up than men not having the metabolic syndrome.

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