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Diabetes Care 26:3198-3199, 2003
© 2003 by the American Diabetes Association, Inc.

Letter: Observations

Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome in Middle-Aged Men and Women

Raquel Villegas, PHD1, Ivan J. Perry, MD, PHD1, Don Creagh, MB1, Rita Hinchion, SRN1 and Domhnall O’Halloran, MD2

1 Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
2 Department of Medicine, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Address correspondence to Professor Ivan J. Perry, Dept. of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College Cork, Distillary House, Cork, Ireland. E-mail: i.perry@ucc.ie

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Whereas the global epidemic of type 2 diabetes is now well characterized (1), data on the occurrence of the metabolic syndrome in populations are limited (2–5). The lack of an accepted internationally agreed definition has impeded epidemiological work on the prevalence and antecedents of this syndrome. Two definitions of the syndrome have been proposed, one by the World Health Organization (MSWHO) (6), and one in the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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