Abstract
This chapter constitutes a review of the state-of-the-art of the metabolic syndrome, as regards the historical evolution of the concept, the debated key points and the evolution towards a new concept of global cardiometabolic risk. The last section provides an overview of the worldwide epidemiology of the metabolic syndrome, in terms of prevalence variation and determinants.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Cardiovascular risk factors |
| Editors | A.Y. Gasparyan |
| Place of Publication | Rijeka |
| Publisher | Intech |
| Pages | 161-192 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-953-51-0240-3; 978-953-51-6881-2 ( eBook) |
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| Publication status | Published - Mar 2012 |