The Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults states the importance of identifying and treating patients with the metabolic syndrome to prevent cardio-vascular disease and type 2 diabetes. This analysis estimated the pre-valence of the metabolic syndrome among over 3,000 8-14 year olds in the United States using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data since limited information is available about the prevalence of this syndrome. The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome...
The Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adult...