Metabolic Syndrome Increases Risk of Death From Cardiovascular Disease

The researchers measured mortality among the subjects by pulling death records from the Korea National Statistical Office. During the median follow-up period of 3.7 years, 542 of the study participants died.

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Dr. Eun-Jung Rhee, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital at Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, said that analysis tells that diabetes and high blood pressure are significant factors that elevate the risk of death from cardiovascular disease among people with metabolic syndrome," said another author of the study.

The study is published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

Source: Medindia