Insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome is "just a way of calling people fat, isn’t it?”

Conclusions and Relevance:  These findings suggest that overweight and obesity are risk factors for MI and IHD regardless of the presence or absence of metabolic syndrome and that metabolic syndrome is no more valuable than BMI in identifying individuals at risk.”

Source: Doc2Doc BMJ Cardiology - January 14, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Richard Lehman Source Type: forums