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Metabolic syndrome in haemodialysis patients: Prevalence, determinants and association to cardiovascular outcomes
2020-08-06
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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background</bold>: In the general population, metabolic syndrome (MetS) is predictive of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). Waist circumference (WC), a component of the MetS criteria, is linked to visceral obesity, which in turn is associated with MACE. However, in haemodialysis (HD) patients, the association between MetS, WC and MACE is unclear.<bold>Methods</bold>: In a...
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- c2082353-aacc-54bf-a5bb-7d8993e578a0
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- 10.21203/rs.2.21445/v2
