Usefulness of New Criteria for Metabolic Syndrome Optimized for Prediction of Cardiovascular Diseases in Japanese

CONCLUSIONS: Although various criteria for MetS similarly predicted CAD/CVD, the new criteria greatly reduced the number of high-risk individuals, especially women, overlooked by the current criteria.PMID:37981330 | DOI:10.5551/jat.64380

Source: Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis - November 19, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Yurie Yamazaki Kazuya Fujihara Takaaki Sato Mayuko Harada Yamada Yuta Yaguchi Yasuhiro Matsubayashi Takaho Yamada Satoru Kodama Kiminori Kato Hitoshi Shimano Hirohito Sone Source Type: research