Journal article
Metabolic Syndrome and Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction A Case-Control Study of 26,903 Subjects From 52 Countries
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: This study examines the risk of acute myocardial infarction (MI) conferred by the metabolic syndrome (MS) and its individual factors in multiple ethnic populations.
BACKGROUND: The risk of the MS on MI has not been well characterized, especially in multiple ethnic groups.
Authors
Mente A; Yusuf S; Islam S; McQueen MJ; Tanomsup S; Onen CL; Rangarajan S; Gerstein HC; Anand SS; Investigators I
Journal
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Vol. 55, No. 21, pp. 2390–2398
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
May 2010
DOI
10.1016/j.jacc.2009.12.053
ISSN
0735-1097