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The metabolic syndrome: a crossroad for genotype-phenotype associations in atherosclerosis.
Current atherosclerosis reports - 1 May 2004
Corella Dolores, Ordovas Jose M
Abstract excerpt
The metabolic syndrome comprises a set of metabolic and physiologic risk factors associated with elevated cardiovascular disease risk. The expression of each one of its major factors (hypertriglyceridemia, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, hypertension, abdominal obesity, and insulin resistance) has been found to be the result of complex interactions between genetic and environmental factors....
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