White blood cell counts as risk markers of developing metabolic syndrome and its components in the PREDIMED study.

White blood cell counts as risk markers of developing metabolic syndrome and its components in the PREDIMED study.

<h4>Background</h4>The Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of metabolic abnormalities that includes hyperglucemia, hypertension, dyslipidemia and central obesity, conferring an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. The white blood cell (WBC) count has been proposed as a marker for...

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Main Authors: Nancy Babio, Núria Ibarrola-Jurado, Mònica Bulló, Miguel Ángel Martínez-González, Julia Wärnberg, Itziar Salaverría, Manuel Ortega-Calvo, Ramón Estruch, Lluís Serra-Majem, Maria Isabel Covas, José Vicente Sorli, Jordi Salas-Salvadó, PREDIMED Study Investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23526980/pdf/?tool=EBI

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23526980/pdf/?tool=EBI

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