World Health Organization-defined metabolic syndrome is a better predictor of coronary calcium than the adult treatment panel III criteria in American men aged 40-49 years

MeSH terms

• Adult
• Analysis of Variance
• Blood Pressure
• Calcium / blood*
• Cholesterol, HDL / blood
• Cholesterol, LDL / blood
• Coronary Vessels / physiopathology*
• Humans
• Lipids / blood
• Male
• Metabolic Syndrome / epidemiology
• Metabolic Syndrome / physiopathology*
• Middle Aged
• Regression Analysis
• United States / epidemiology
• World Health Organization