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Parts of Metabolic Syndrome More Important Than the Sum for Risk Prediction in Older Adults
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Title Parts of Metabolic Syndrome More Important Than the Sum for Risk Prediction in Older Adults
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/574696?src=rss
Description Researchers have found that two individual parts of the metabolic syndrome predict mortality in older adults better than the metabolic syndrome as a whole. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date May 20, 2008
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