![]() |
JOURNAL TOOLS |
eTOC |
To subscribe |
Submit an article |
Recommend to your librarian |
ARTICLE TOOLS |
Reprints |
Permissions |

YOUR ACCOUNT
YOUR ORDERS
SHOPPING BASKET
Items: 0
Total amount: € 0,00
HOW TO ORDER
YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS
YOUR ARTICLES
YOUR EBOOKS
COUPON
ACCESSIBILITY
REVIEWS
Minerva Cardioangiologica 2007 August;55(4):487-9
Copyright © 2007 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA
language: English
The metabolic syndrome is no better than its components
Iribarren C.
Division of Research Northern California Kaiser Permanente Oakland, CA, USA
The usefulness of the metabolic syndrome is subject of debate. A central issue from the epidemiological perspective is whether the syndrome predicts cardiovascular disease above and beyond its individual components. In this paper, the current evidence regarding this matter is reviewed, and the conclusion of two recent studies is that there is no added predictive value of the syndrome when the individual components are in the model. Rather than perpetuate an arbitrary concept and create another disease entity, attention should be redirected to the individual components and, in particular, to the “driving” condition whose downstream consequences are serious in terms of morbidity and mortality: central or visceral obesity.