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- Title
Does the metabolic syndrome improve identification of individuals at risk of type 2 diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease?
- Authors
Stern, Michael P; Williams, Ken; González-Villalpando, Clicerio; Hunt, Kelly J; Haffner, Steven M
- Abstract
The metabolic syndrome has been promoted as a method for identifying high-risk individuals for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD). We therefore sought to compare this syndrome, as defined by the National Cholesterol Education Program, to the Diabetes Predicting Model and the Framingham Risk Score as predictors of type 2 diabetes and CVD, respectively.
- Publication
Diabetes care, 2004, Vol 27, Issue 11, p2676
- ISSN
0149-5992
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2337/diacare.27.11.2676