International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 139, Issue 2 , Pages 159-165 , 4 March 2010

The metabolic syndrome increased risk of cardiovascular events in Chinese—A community based study

  • Chen Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital; Shanghai Diabetes Institute; Shanghai Clinical Center of Diabetes, Shanghai, China
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  • Xuhong Hou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital; Shanghai Diabetes Institute; Shanghai Clinical Center of Diabetes, Shanghai, China
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  • Yuqian Bao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital; Shanghai Diabetes Institute; Shanghai Clinical Center of Diabetes, Shanghai, China
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  • Jiemin Pan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital; Shanghai Diabetes Institute; Shanghai Clinical Center of Diabetes, Shanghai, China
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  • Yuhua Zuo

      Affiliations

    • Caoyang Health Center, Shanghai, China
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  • Wenhong Zhong

      Affiliations

    • Huayang Health Center, Shanghai, China
    • ,
  • Weiping Jia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital; Shanghai Diabetes Institute; Shanghai Clinical Center of Diabetes, Shanghai, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, 600 Yishan Road, Shanghai 200233, China. Tel.: +86 21 64369181 8922; fax: +86 21 64368031.
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  • Kunsan Xiang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital; Shanghai Diabetes Institute; Shanghai Clinical Center of Diabetes, Shanghai, China

Received 3 April 2008 ,Revised 22 July 2008 ,Accepted 12 October 2008.

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☆ This work was funded by the Key Project from Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (04DZ19501) and by National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (2006CB503901).

PII: S0167-5273(08)01071-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.10.012

International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 139, Issue 2 , Pages 159-165 , 4 March 2010

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