Components of the Metabolic Syndrome and Carotid Atherosclerosis
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Components of the metabolic syndrome and carotid atherosclerosis: role of elevated blood pressure.
Elevated blood pressure is among the factors that contribute to the metabolic syndrome (MetS). It is not known whether subjects with MetS and elevated blood pressure are at the same cardiovascular risk as subjects with MetS but without elevated blood pressure. To clarify this point, we have evaluated the prevalence of carotid atherosclerosis in subjects with MetS with or without elevated blood ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hypertension
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0194-911X,1524-4563
DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000158945.52283.c2