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Life Sciences
Reports from M.L.A. Dekroon and colleagues advance knowledge in life sciences
January 13th, 2009
According to a study from Netherlands, "Within the context of the obesity epidemic identifying young adults at risk for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease is important. A practical approach is based on the identification of metabolic syndrome (MetS)." "Our objective was to develop a simple and efficient stepwise strategy to identify MetS in young adults. Subjects were part of a birth cohort (n 2599) in Terneuzen, The Netherlands, born in 197786. In 200405:642 of these young adults participated in a physical examination and blood tests. Tree regression was used to determine the optimal decision strategy to identify MetS. Overall prevalence of MetS, defined...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-01-13)
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