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The hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype versus the National Cholesterol Education Program-Adult Treatment Panel III and International Diabetes Federation clinical criteria to identify high-risk men with an altered cardiometabolic risk profile.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Aug 2009
Blackburn Patricia, Lemieux Isabelle, Alméras Natalie, Bergeron Jean, Côté Mélanie, Tremblay Angelo, Lamarche Benoît, Després Jean-Pierre
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The hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype, the National Cholesterol Education Program-Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATP III) criteria, and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) criteria have been proposed as screening tools to identify subjects with features of the metabolic syndrome and therefore at increased cardiometabolic risk. The aim of the present study was to compare the ability of these 3 clinical...
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