Burden of metabolic syndrome among primary care patients in Crete, Greece: A descriptive study

Burden of metabolic syndrome among primary care patients in Crete, Greece: A descriptive study

Background Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is a clustering of abdominal obesity, hypertriglyceridaemia, low HDL cholesterol, hyperglycaemia and hypertension. Early identification of MetS is important for preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD). MetS has not been systematically explored in Greek primary ca...

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Main Authors: Marilena Anastasaki, Sophia Papadakis, Manolis Linardakis, Dimitrios Anyfantakis, Emmanouil K. Symvoulakis, Christos Lionis, on behalf of the Cretan Primary Care Research Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-12-01
Series:European Journal of General Practice
Subjects:
metabolic syndrome
cardiovascular disease
risk factors
primary care
greece
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13814788.2020.1851676

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