Prevalence of different
metabolic syndrome components (WHO) in Europe
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EGIR, Diabetes Metab
2002;28:364-376
These
data organized in a similar way to the ones from NHANES III in the previous
slides and shows that the components of MetS are more common in men than in
women, and that the prevalence of some components such as high BP and obesity
increases with age in both sexes.