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Metabolic syndrome and incident coronary heart disease in Australian indigenous populations.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) - 1 Jun 2012
Li Ming, McCulloch Brad, McDermott Robyn
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This report aims to compare the prediction of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components for morbidity and mortality of coronary heart disease (CHD) in a cohort of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults (TSIs). A total of 2,100 adults (1,283 Aborigines and 817 TSIs) was followed up for 6 years from 2000. Outcome measures were all CHD events (deaths and hospitalizations). Baseline...
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