PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - Connell, Kenneth
TI  - Metabolic Syndrome Disease Markers and CIMT Differ by Ethnicity as Predictors of CVr Event Risk
DP  - 2012 Oct 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 34--35
VI  - 12
IP  - 12
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/12/34.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/12/34.full
AB  - Evidence suggests that metabolic syndrome is associated with significantly increased risk of incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause and cardiovascular (CV) death [Mottillo S et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2010]. A clinical priority is to identify patients at risk for stroke and other CV events to enable preventive interventions and promote lifestyle modifications [Timóteo AT et al. J Clin Hyptertens 2012].