Epidemiology

New epidemiology research has been reported by scientists at University of Palermo

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, May 19th, 2008

"The aim of this study was to evaluate the cardiovascular (CV) risk due to the metabolic syndrome in a 15-year prospective study of a Sicilian population. In the Mediterranean area obesity is highly prevalent, but epidemiological data on the metabolic syndrome are limited," investigators in Palermo, Italy report.

"Among the 1351 subjects enrolled in the ''Ventimiglia di Sicilia'' epidemiological project, we selected 687 subjects between 35 and 75 years of age; baseline parameters were assessed and subjects have been followed for 15 years recording CV events, total and cardiovascular mortality. The metabolic syndrome was defined according to both the Adult Treatment...

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